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fitly  (rf  EimdlesiTOiFo 


A  Religious  Novel  devoted 
to  the  interests  of  Good  Citizenship  in 
the  city  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


by- 


HAROLD    McGILL  DAVIS 


Secretary  of  the  Good  Citizenship 
Committee  of  the  Brooklyn  .  .  . 
Christian    Endeavor  Union. 


BROOKLYN,  N.  Y. 
Collins  &  Day,  Printers, 
138  Livingston  Street. 
1895. 


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Copyright  1895,  by 
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We  cannot  always  tell  the  way 
Will  come  the  thing  for  which  we  pray; 
Be  not  dismayed,  thd1  He  delay , 

Have  faith  in  God. 

*        •=•:-        *        *        *  * 


PREFACE. 


No  doubt  many  people  will  consider  it  an  un- 
reasonable task  to  attempt  to  do  away  all  together 
with  the  saloon  and  some  other  evils,  and  there  aie 
many  more  who  have  no  desire  to  do  away  with 
them.    To  them  I  would  say  in  the  words  of  Peter, 
that  this  book  is  written  to  "  stir  up  your  pure 
minds  by  way   of  remembrance,  that  ye  may  be 
mindful  of  the  words  which  were  spoken  before  by 
the  holy  prophets,  and  of  the  commandment  of  us 
the  apostles  of  the  Lord  and  Saviour:  knowing  this 
first  that  there  shall  come  in  the  last  days  scoffers, 
walking  after  their  own  lusts,  and  saying,  <  where  is 
the  promise  of  his  coming?  for  since  the  father 
fell  asleep,  all  things  continue  as  they  were  from 
the  beginning  of  the  creation.' 

"  For  this  they  are  ignorant  of,  that  by  the  word 
of  God  the  heavens  were  of  old,  and  the  earth 
standing  out  of  the  water  and  in  the  water:  where- 
by the  world  that  then  was,  being  overflowed  with 
water,  perished:  but  the  heavens  and  the  earth, 
which  are  now,  by  the  same  word  are  kept  in  store, 
reserved  unto  fire  against  the  day  of  judgment  and 
perdition  of  ungodly  men.  But,  beloved,  be  not  ig- 
norant of  this  one  thing,  that  one  day  is  with  the 
Lord  as  a  thousand  years,  and  a  thousand  years  as 


VI 


THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


one  day.  The  Lord  is  not  slack  concerning  his 
promise,  as  some  men  count  slackness,  but  is  long 
suffering  to  us-ward,  not  willing  that  any  should 
perish,  but  that  all  should  come  to  repentance. 

"  But  the  day  of  the  Lord  will  come  as  a  thief  in 
the  night ;  in  the  which  the  heavens  shall  pass  away 
with  a  great  noise,  and  the  elements  shall  melt  with 
fervent  heat,  the  earth  also  and  the  works  that  are 
therein  shall  be  burned  up.  Seeing,  then,  that  all 
these  things  shall  be  dissolved,  what  manner  of  per- 
sons ought  ye  to  be  in  all  holy  conversation  and 
godliness,  looking  for  and  hasting  unto  the  coming 
of  the  day  of  God,  wherein  the  heavens  being  on 
fire  shall  be  dissolved,  and  the  elements  melt  with 
fervent  heat?  Nevertheless  we,  according  to  his 
promise,  look  for  new  heavens  and  a  new  earth, 
wherein  dwelleth  righteousness.  Wherefore,  belov- 
ed, seeing  that  ye  look  for  such  things,  be  diligent 
that  ye  may  be  found  of  him  in  peace,  without  spot 
and  blameless.  And  account  that  the  long  suffering 
of  our  Lord  is  salvation  ;  even  as  our  beloved 
brother  Paul  also  according  to  the  wisdom  given 
unto  him  hath  written  unto  you  ;  as  also  in  all  his 
epistles,  speaking  in  them  of  these  things  ;  in  which 
are  some  things  hard  to  be  understood,  which 
they  that  are  unlearned  and  unstable  wrest,  as  they 
do  also  the  other  scriptures,  unto  their  own  destruc- 
tion. Ye  therefore,  beloved,  seeing  ye  know  these 
things  before,  beware  lest  ye  also,  being  led  away 


PREFACE. 


VII 


with  the  error  of  the  wicked,  fall  from  your  own 
steadfastness.  But  grow  in  grace  and  in  the  know- 
ledge of  our  Lord  and  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ.  To 
him  be  glory  both  now  and  forever." 

No  part  of  this  book  has  been  undertaken  with- 
out first  committing  it  in  prayer  to  God,  and  if  one 
sinner  is  converted,  or  one  Christian  aroused  to 
more  active  service,  the  book  will  not  have  been 
written  in  vain  ;  but  I  expect  greater  results  than 
that  for  the  Master.  I  hope  that  some  of  the  sug- 
gestions herein  may  be  put  into  practice  and  there- 
by secure  for  our  city  better  government,  cleaner 
and  healthier  homes  for  the  masses,  less  production 
of  crime  and  a  larger  amount  of  righteousness  in  the 
lives  of  the  citizens.  I  cannot  understand  how  a 
man,  and  especially  a  follower  of  Jesus  Christ,  can 
countenance  the  drinking  of  liquor  when  he  knows 
that  liquor  drinking  is  responsible  for  80  per  cent, 
of  the  crimes  in  this  country.  What  a  huge  stum- 
bling block  he  is  placing  before  the  weaker  brothers 
— "  one  of  the  least  of  these."  "  Woe  unto  the 
world  because  of  offenses  !  for  it  must  needs  be  that 
offenses  come  1  but  woe  to  that  man  by  whom  the 
offense  cometh  !"  However,  I  do  not  wish  to  make 
the  preface  longer  than  the  book  itself,  so  will  re- 
fer you  to  the  following  pages  hoping  that  you  may 
find  in  them  much  of  interest  and  spiritual  help. 

Harold  McGill  Davis. 

brooklyn,  n.  y. 

Oct.  1st,  1895. 


THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


CHAPTER  I. 


THE  PREPARATION. 

The  October  sun  was  beginning  to  dispel  the 
morning  mists  and  the  city  was  commencing  its 
usual  activity,  when  those  who  are  accustomed  to 
being  up  early  were  surprised  to  see  little  groups  of 
gayly  dressed  young  ladies  and  equally  well  dressed 
young  men  making  their  way  toward  Plymouth 
Church.  They  came  from  all  directions.  The  work- 
ing man  with  his  dinner  pail  in  the  street  car  looked 
up  in  surprise  at  the  unusual  sight  ;  the  grocery 
man,  opening  his  store,  paused  and  wondered  as  the 
young  people  passed  ;  the  ice  man  thawed  out  and 
suggested  to  the  milk  dealer  that  if  he  would  open 
his  cans  the  cream  would  probably  rise  on  the  milk 
in  astonishment,  and  the  policeman  on  his  beat 
awoke  to  the  fact  that  something  unusual  was  go. 
ing  on.  Many  of  the  young  people  wore  some  kind 
of  badges  and  carried  Bibles  and  hymn  books. 

"Where  are  all  these  people  going?"  a  store- 
keeper asked  a  young  man  as  he  was  passing. 


2  THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 

"  To  Plymouth  Church,"  was  the  reply. 

"What  is  the  occasion  ?  "  was  the  next  question. 

"The  Christian  Endeavorers  are  holding  a  sunrise 
prayer  meeting  as  a  preparation  for  their  conven- 
tion which  is  to  be  held  here  to-morrow  and  next 
day." 

"  Isn't  this  rather  unusual  ?  "  he  asked. 

"  O,  no,"  replied  the  Endeavorer,  "in"  convention 
seasons  the  sunrise  prayer  meeting  is  a  customary 
service.  We  shall  be  glad  to  have  you  join  us  if 
you  can." 

"Much  obliged,  young  fellow,  but  I  aint  got  no 
time  on  week  days  for  prayer  meetings ;  got  to  'tend 
store." 

The  storekeeper  watched  the  crowds  go  by  and 
was  evidently  impressed  with  the  occasion.    "  Them 
there  young  people  are  about  the  best  lot  I've  seen 
in  a  long  time,"  he  said  to  himself ;     IVe  seen 
crowds  go  by  here  before,  see  'em  every  day  but 
they  aint   like   this    'un.    Christian  Endeavorers 
are  they?    Well  they're  the  brightest  lot  o'  Christ- 
ians I  ever  see.    And  they  wanted  me  to  come  to 
their  meeting,  too,  well,  well.     Guess  wife  would 
think  I  was  clean  gone  crazy  if  I  attended  prayer 
meeting,  and  before  breakfast,  too.    I  don't  belong 
to  that  crowd."    A  moment  later  he  called  •  "  Hey 
Peter,  tell  Jerry  to  fill  those  orders  right  away  and 
take  them  goods  to  Mrs.  Jenkins  ;  she  wants  'em 
for  breakfast,  and  you  keep  an  eye  on  the  door  here 


THE  PREPARATION. 


3 


—  I'm  going  around  the  corner  a  minute."  And 
before  he  could  realize  it  he  had  joined  the  proces- 
sion and  was  on  his  way  to  the  meeting. 

The  church  was  nearly  full  some  minutes  before 
the  service  began  and  that  fact  alone  was  inspiring. 
When  the  leader  arose  and  gave  out  the  opening 
hymn,  the  Endeavorers  stood  up  and  sang  with  a 
vim  that  fairly  shook  the  walls.  A  few  moments 
of  silent  prayer,  another  song  and  the  leader  an- 
nounced his  text. 

"  Our  theme  this  morning,"  he  said,  "is  'Prepara- 
tion,'  and  the  reference  is  found  in  Proverbs  1 6: 1  — 
'The  preparations  of  the  heart  in  man,  and  the  ans- 
wer of  the  tongue,  is  from  the  Lord.'  That,  my 
friends,  is  why  we  have  assembled  here  on  this 
beautiful  morning.  We  wish  to  take  counsel  with 
God  in  preparing  our  hearts  and  tongues  for  what 
we  hope  will  be  the  greatest  convention  this  city  has 
ever  seen.  We  should  prepare  our  hearts  to  receive 
the  blessings  in  store  for  us,  and  we  should  prepare 
our  tongues  to  share  those  blessings  with  others. 
Prayer  is  the  proper  means  of  preparation.  We 
have  many  excellent  examples  of  that.  When 
Nehemiah  undertook  a  great  work  for  the  Lord  he 
began  with  prayer  ;  when  Daniel  was  called  upon 
to  reveal  the  King's  dreams,  he  prepared  himself  for 
the  task  with  prayer  ;  when  Elias  wanted  a  drought, 
he  prayed  and  '  it  rained  not  for  the  space  of  three 
years  and  six  months,'  and  James  says,  'if  any  man 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


lack  wisdom,'  that  is  needs  preparation,  'let  him  ask 
of  God,  who  giveth  liberally.'  Jesus  says :  'Ask 
and  ye  shall  receive.'  So  much  for  the  method.  We 
know  how  now  to  prepare,  but  for  what  are  we 
making  preparation  ?  John  told  the  people  in  his 
day  to  1  Prepare  the  way  of  the  Lord,  make  his 
paths  straight  ; '  isn't  he  telling  us  to  do  the  same? 
Yes,  we  believe  Christian  Endeavor  means  prepar- 
ing the  way  for  the  Lord  to  enter  straight  into  the 
heart  of  every  one.  Are  you  and  I  making  His 
paths  straight  ?  Does  your  life,  and  mine,  open  to 
the  Lord  the  heart  of  any  sinner?  Is  the  common 
drunkard  in  the  street  brought  any  nearer  to  God 
by  anything  which  you  or  I  have  done,  or  do  we  cut 
our  paths  away  from  him  and  leave  him  to  die  in 
the  wilderness  of  sin  ?  We  must  not  forget  to  make 
the  paths  of  the  Lord  straight,  and  if  we  find  a 
drunkard,  or  other  unfortunate  being  in  our  path, 
we  must  not  go  around  him,  but  rather  deal  with 
him  accordingly.  The  Lord  has  use  for  him,  also. 
You  know  an  engineer  in  building  a  railroad  digs 
out  here  and  fills  up  there  and  by  using  material 
which  he  finds  along  his  course  makes  his  roadway 
level.  Sometimes  he  finds  soft  earth  and  sometimes 
hard  rock,  but  he  makes  use  of  both.  So,  we,  in 
building  a  highway  for  our  God,  will  meet  all  sorts 
and  conditions  of  men,  and  we  must  be  prepared 
to  use  such  material.  There  is  another  important 
point  in  this  command,  and  I  wish  to  lay  special 


THE  PREPARATION. 


5 


emphasis  on  the  word  '  straight.'  It  says  '  Prepare 
ye  the  way  of  the  Lord,  make  His  paths  straight." 

"  We  hear  a  great  deal  to-day  about  the  the  build- 
ing of  locomotives  to  be  run  by  electricity,  and  the 
prospect  of  travelling  at  the  rate  of  200  miles  an 
hour.  Now,  common  sense  teaches  us  that  no  train 
can  run  200  miles  an  hour  on  our  present  tracks 
which  are  so  full  of  curves,  for  the  first  curve  would 
send  the  cars  off  at  a  tangent,  like  the  small  boy 
who  plays  'crack-the-whip.'  Before  we  travel  much 
faster  than  our  present  express  trains  can  carry  us, 
the  tracks  must  be  made  straight.  The  reason  the 
Kingdom  of  God  has  made  such  slow  progress  on 
this  earth  is  because  we  have  not  made  his  paths 
straight.  Let  us,  as  Christian  Endeavorers,  make 
straight  the  highway  of  our  God,  and  we  shall  see 
His  Kingdom  spreading  over  the  earth  with  the 
velocity  of  lightning.  Just  think  of  the  glorious 
possibilities  !  41,000  societies  of  Christian  Endeavor 
on  this  earth.  Grand  old  earth  !  2,500,000  En- 
deavorers stationed  in  various  parts  of  the  world. 
Young,  strong  and  loyal  Endeavorers.  The  number 
gaining  at  the  rate  of  1200  members  for  every  day 
in  the  year.  Who  wouldn't  want  to  live  in  such 
times  as  these  !  Wonderful  are  our  opportunities  ! 
Let  us  then  make  straight  our  paths  and  the 
electricity  of  Divine  Love  shall  send  the  Gospel 
Train  flying  to  the  darkest  parts  of  Africa  and  every 
other  country.    Prepare  for  the  glorious  dawn  of 


6 


THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


the  beautiful  day,  when  cometh  the  Son  of  Right- 
eousness. 

"  There  is  one  other  preparation  of  which  I  will 
speak  before  leaving  the  meeting  in  your  hands. 
The  Lord  sent  through  Amos  this  message  to  the 
children  of  Israel :  '  Prepare  to  meet  thy  God.' 
Sodom  and  Gomorrah  had  been  destroyed  because 
of  their  wickedness,  but  Israel  had  been,  as  it  were, 
afire-brand  plucked  out  of  the  burning;  yet  they 
had  not  returned  unto  the  Lord,  and  now  they  must 
prepare  to  meet  their  God.  So  must  we.  We  must 
all  stand  before  the  judgment  seat  of  Christ.  There 
is  work  for  us  to  do  right  here.  This  city  needs 
renovating.  Go  down  to  Coney  Island  and  walk 
through  the  Bowery,  and  the  blasphemy  you  hear 
and  the  evil  you  see,  you  might  expect  to  find  in 
Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  but  not  in  the  City  of 
Churches.  Are  we  prepared  to  meet  our  God  ?  We 
elect  men  to  rule  over  us  who  dishonor  the  Sabbath. 
Are  we  prepared  to  meet  our  God?  The  Lord  has 
given  us  talents  and  he  expects  us  to  use  them  to 
his  advantage.  Let  us  not  meet  our  God,  then, 
with  empty  hands,  or  with  our  talent  wrapped  in  a 
napkin. 

"  Friends,  to-morrow  we  meet  in  convention.  We 
have  prayed  and  worked  for  this  convention,  believ- 
ing it  would  result  in  an  increase  of  spiritual  power 
and  be  a  benefit  to  the  city  in  awakening  the  Chris- 
tian element  to  new  life  and  inducing  many  sinners 


THE  PREPARATION. 


7 


to  give  themselves  to  the  Lord.  I  believe  that  this 
will  be  an  important  week  in  the  history  of  this  city. 
May  God  grant  us  the  power  to  understand  and 
carry  out  His  plans.  Will  some  one  lead  us  in 
prayer  ?  " 

The  remaining  minutes  were  quickly  filled  by  the 
young  people,  who  took  part  with  unusual  earnest- 
ness, and  the  meeting  was  over  only  too  quickly.  A 
few  who  were  not  obliged  to  hurry  off  to  business 
or  other  engagements,  remained  to  talk  over  the 
work  and  exchange  greetings.  The  storekeeper  had 
had  his  hand  shaken  so  often  that  it  pumped  the 
tears  to  his  eyes. 

"  Well,  it  does  beat  all,"  he  said  to  himself  as  he 
went  back  to  the  store.  "  Why,  I  didn't  know  a 
blessed  one  of  them,  and  yet  them  fellers  grasped 
my  hand  as  though  I  was  their  long  lost  brother." 
Then,  after  thinking  a  moment,  he  added,  "  Well, 
may  be  I  am.  I  was  reading  the  other  day  some- 
thing about  the  brotherhood  of  man,  and  I  am  lost 
when  I  try  to  follow  them  fellers'  ideas.  O,  well, 
business  is  business,  and  I  mustn't  fool  away  any 
more  time." 

But  the  storekeeper  was  a  different  man  that  day, 
and  seemed  to  be  absorbed  in  thought.  His  wife 
noticed  the  absent  minded  way  he  acted  and  feared 
something  was  wrong  at  the  store.  Finally,  when 
the  evening  meal  was  over  and  they  were  alone,  she 
could  stand  it  no  longer  and  said  : 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


"  What  is  the  matter,  Carl,  you  don't  seem  like 
yourself  to-day?  " 

He  looked  up  and  with  a  faint  attempt  to  smile, 
said  :  "  Well,  I  don't  think  I  am  myself.  I've  had  a 
queer  day.  I  s'pose  you'll  think  me  crazy  when  I 
tell  you  I  went  to  prayer-meeting  this  morning." 

She  looked  at  him  in  astonishment,  but  before 
she  could  say  anything  he  continued  : 

"  Yes,  I  went  with  them  Christian  Endeavorers  to 
their — their  sunrise  prayer  meeting,  I  believe  they 
call  it."  Then  he  told  her  all  about  the  meeting 
and  the  warm  welcome  he  had  received,  and  added, 
"  But  I  wasn't  going  to  say  anything  about  it  just 
yet,  for  I  thought  you  would  think  me  funny." 

It  was  a  minute  or  two  before  she  spoke. 

"  It  does  seem  funny  that  you  should  go  to  prayer- 
meeting,  but  it  is  not  the  kind  of  funny  to  laugh  at. 
I  thought,  while  you  were  talking,  of  the  days  when 
I  went  regularly  to  prayer-meeting,  and  how  you 
sometimes  went  with  me.  That  was  when  we  were 
first  married,  but  now — well,  we  are  both  different 
now.  That  was  a  good  many  years  ago,"  she  added, 
as  she  stroked  his  hair. 

"  Yes,  but  you  don't  seem  much  older,"  he  play- 
fully replied.  Then,  more  seriously,  he  said,  "  Don't 
you  want  to  attend  one  of  them  meetings  to-mor- 
row ?  They've  got  some  big  speakers  on  the  pro- 
gramme. I'll  try  and  get  off  a  little  while  in  the 
afternoon  and  go  with  you.    But,  come  to  think  of 


THE  PREPARATION. 


9 


it,  I  ain't  got  no  badges,  and  I  heard  'em  say  this 
morning  that  no  one  could  get  in  that  didn't  have  a 
badge.  I'll  see  if  I  can't  catch  hold  of  some  of  them 
fellers  I  saw  this  morning,  and  maybe  they  will  lend 
me  two.'* 

For  a  reply  his  wife  kissed  him  and  said,  "  I  feel 
tired  to-night,  dear,  and  I  think  I  will  go  to  my 
room.    You  needn't  come  now  if  you  don't  want  to." 

After  she  had  gone,  the  storekeeper  sat  still  and 
thought  of  the  strange  things  that  had  happened. 
His  wife  seemed  unusually  affectionate,  and  then, 
too,  she  hadn't  ridiculed  him  for  going  to  prayer- 
meeting,  as  he  had  expected.  It  was  evident  that 
she  had  been  somewhat  affected  by  it.  "  Well,"  he 
thought,  "  Maria  has  always  been  a  good  wife  to 
me,  and  I  suppose  I  ought  to  have  been  different ; 
but  then  I  never  was  much  of  a  church  goer,  myself, 
and  I  suppose  I'm  to  blame  for  getting  her  out  of 
the  church  going  habit.  Maybe  I  can  get  her  back 
to  it  again.    Anyway,  I'll  try." 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


CHAPTER  II. 


THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 

A  full  hour  before  the  service  began  the  Academy 
of  Music  was  crowded  with  Endeavorers.  Many 
were  obliged  to  go  to  the  Church  of  the  Pilgrims, 
where  an  overflow  meeting  was  held,  and  soon  that 
church  was  filled  also.  The  day  had  begun  with 
another  helpful  sunrise  meeting,  and  before  nine 
o'clock  the  cars  were  crowded  with  Endeavorers, 
singing  their  favorite  convention  hymns.  Sing? 
Why,  the  city  was  full  of  song.  Delegations  came 
from  all  directions,  singing.  Everybody  sang. 
Merchants  came  to  their  store  doors  as  a  delegation 
passed,  and  would  join  in  with  the  others  if  they 
knew  the  tune.  Women  and  children  came  to  the 
windows  and  kept  time  with  the  music.  Banners 
were  flying  and  enthusiasm  reigned.  It  was  a  day 
to  mark  the  beginning  of  a  new  era  in  the  history  of 
Brooklyn,  once  the  City  of  Churches. 

Among  the  first  to  arrive  at  the  Academy  was  the 
store-keeper,  Carl  Berg.  He  scanned  every  face 
hoping  by  some  good  fortune  to  see  the  Endeavl 
orer  who  had  invited  him  to  the  meeting  the  day 
before.    It  was  with  a  feeling  of  hope  and  fear  that 


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he  waited.  Once  he  asked  a  delegate  where  he 
could  get  some  badges,  but  when  told  he  would 
have  to  register  he  concluded  he  would  wait  a  little 
longer,  as  he  did  not  know  exactly  what  that 
meant.  He  began  to  grow  anxious  as  the  time 
passed.  He  saw  the  hall  rilling  up  rapidly,  and  even 
if  he  got  the  badges  there  might  not  be  room  inside. 
At  last  his  face  brightened  up,  and  he  made  a  rush 
through  the  crowd,  to  where  his  friend  was.  The 
Endeavorer  at  first  did  not  recognize  him,  owing  to 
the  many  things  requiring  his  attention  ;  but  in  a 
moment  he  recalled  the  circumstances,  and  gladly 
gave  Carl  the  full  directions  for  obtaining  his  badges. 

"  Lend  you  two  !  "  said  the  Endeavorer.  "  No  ; 
we  will  give  you  two  badges  and  two  programmes 
as  soon  as  you  register  for  yourself  and  wife." 

There  was  no  time  to  be  lost,  and  Carl  was  soon 
registered  and  off  to  get  his  wife  to  come  to  the 
meeting.  Before  he  went,  however,  he  turned  to  a 
delegate  near  him  and  asked : 

"  Excuse  me,  but  do  you  know  who  that  young 
man  is,  standing  over  there  ?  "  pointing  in  the  direc- 
tion of  his  Endeavor  friend. 

"Certainly,"  was  the  reply,  "that  is  Mr.  Duncan, 
the  President  of  the  Brooklyn  Union." 

"  Thank  you,"  said  Carl,  and  off  he  rushed. 

In  a  very  short  time  Carl  and  his  wife  were  at. 
tempting  to  get  into  the  Academy  of  Music,  but  the 
crowd  was  so  great  that  the  policeman  kept  them 


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away  from  the  door.  They  had  just  come  by  the 
Church  of  the  Pilgrims,  where  they  found  it  so  full 
that  people  were  standing  in  the  vestibule.  Dis- 
couragement was  depicted  in  every  line  of  Carl's 
face  as  the  policeman  told  him  that  no  more  could 
enter  the  Academy.  It  was  against  the  rules  of  the 
Fire  Department.  For  a  moment  he  could  not 
trust  his  voice,  but  directly  he  braced  up  for  his 
wife's  sake,  and  said  : 

"  Well,  Maria,  I  guess  we  ain't  in  it.  Might  as 
well  go  home  now  and  try  it  again  this  afternoon." 

Just  then  Mr.  Duncan  came  hurriedly  past  the 
door,  and  Carl  grabbed  him. 

"See  here,  Mr.  Duncan,"  he  said,  "  you  see  me 
and  my  wife  are  here,  but  we  can't  get  in." 

"Well,  I'm  really  very  sorry,"  said  Duncan,  "  but 
I  do  not  see  how  I  can  help  you,  under  the  circum- 
stances. The  place  will  only  hold  so  many  people, 
and  they  all  seem  to  be  in  there." 

"You  see,"  said  Carl  hesitatingly,  "  you  see,  me 
and  my  wife — well,  we've  kind  of  gotten  out  of  the 
habit  of  going  to  church,  and  we  wanted  to  attend 
some  of  these  meetings  and — well,  maybe  we  might 
get  into  the  habit  of  going  to  church  again." 

Duncan  thought  for  a  moment  and  then  said : 

"  I'm  obliged  to  preside  over  the  meeting  at  the 
Church,  and  you  may  take  my  ticket  which  will  ad- 
mit you  and  your  wife  to  seats  on  the  platform. 
Present  the  ticket  at  the  stage  door  yonder." 


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Carl  was  profuse  in  his  thanks,  but  Duncan  hur- 
ried off,  hoping  that  the  favor  would  be  blessed. 
Carl  and  his  wife  were  given  seats  on  the  stage, 
where  they  had  a  good  view  of  the  audience.  It 
was  a  sight  he  never  forgot.  The  Academy  was 
packed  to  its  utmost  limit.  It  lacked  a  few  minutes 
of  being  time  to  open  the  service  when  the  presiding 
officer  arose  and  said :  "  Everybody  will  find  it 
much  pleasanter  if  the  ladies  will  be  kind  enough  to 
remove  their  hats."  In  an  instant  every  hat  was 
off  and  Maria,  astonished  at  the  unusual  sight  took 
hers  off  and  whispered  to  Carl :  "  Well,  did  you 
ever?  " 

At  that  moment  someone  in  the  top  gallery  began 
singing  in  a  good  strong  voice,  "  Scatter  Sunshine," 
and  it  was  taken  up  in  every  part  of  the  house  with 
telling  effect.  The  leader  on  the  stage  jumped  up 
and  kept  time.  Then  he  asked  that  only  the  men 
sing  the  second  verse  and  all  join  in  the  chorus. 
Then  the  third  verse  was  sung  by  the  ladies  and 
everyone  sang  the  chorus.  Such  singing  was  a  reve- 
lation to  Carl  and  his  wife,  and  they  seemed  spell- 
bound. The  song  was  new  to  them.  In  fact, 
everything  was  new  to  them.  When  the  speaker, 
who  was  to  deliver  the  convention  sermon,  was  in- 
troduced, he  was  greeted  with  the  Chautaugua  sa- 
lute, and  Carl  and  Maria  were  more  amazed  than 
ever.  So  sudden,  so  silent,  so  impressive  was  that 
sea  of  white  handkerchiefs. 


THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


When  the  greeting  was  over  the  speaker  opened 
the  Bible  to  the  twenty-first  chapter  of  Revelation 
and  said  : 

"Mr.  President  and  fellow-Endeavorers :  I  bring 
you  a  message  from  God  to-day,  a  vision  of  a  new 
city,  the  City  of  Endeavor,  and  I  will  read  these 
verses  from  John:  1  And  I  John  saw  the  holy  city, 
new  Jerusalem,  coming  down  from  God  out  of 
Heaven,  prepared  as  a  bride  adorned  for  her  hus- 
band. And  I  heard  a  great  voice  out  of  Heaven 
saying,  Behold,  the  tabernacle  of  God  is  with  men, 
and  he  will  dwell  with  them,  and  they  shall  be  his 
people,  and  God  himself  shall  be  with  them,  and  be 
their  God.  And  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from 
their  eyes,  and  there  shall  be  no  more  death,  neither 
sorrow,  nor  crying,  neither  shall  there  be  any  more 
pain:  for  the  former  things  are  passed  away.  And 
he  that  sat  upon  the  throne  said,  Behold,  I  make 
all  things  new.  And  he  said  unto  me  Write  :  for 
these  words  are  true  and  faithful.' 

"  When  it  was  announced  at  the  Boston  conven- 
tion that  there  were  56,000  delegates  registered,  I 
thought  what  a  magnificent  city  those  delegates 
would  make.  I  thought  of  it  then  and  I  have  been 
thinking  of  it  ever  since.  A  city  of  56,000  earnest, 
loyal  Christian  Endeavorers.  Why,  what  a  beauti- 
ful place  it  would  be!  Suppose,  instead  of  going  to 
Boston,  they  had  selected  some  nice  location  here 
on  Long  Island,  and  had  built   them  a  city.  It 


THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


15 


would  be  like  the  vision  of  John  when  he  saw  the 
holy  city  coming  down  from  Heaven.  It  would  be 
a  veritable  new  Jerusalem.  There  would  be  no 
saloons  in  it ;  there  would  be  no  houses  of  ill-fame ; 
there  would  be  no  thieves ;  no  gambling  dens,  no 
disorder  of  any  kind.  There  would  be  no  need  of 
police,  no  need  of  court  houses,  jails  or  reforma- 
tories. Every  one's  property  would  be  safe  and 
each  would  love  his  neighbor  as  himself.  There 
would  be  no  kind  of  business  carried  on  except  that 
which  is  honorable  and  pleasing  to  the  Lord.  The 
streets  would  be  broad  and  clean,  the  houses  beauti- 
ful, and  the  grounds  well  kept.  The  city  would  be 
full  of  music,  for  Endeavorers  love  to  sing,  and  sing 
well.  There  would  be  one  fine  church  for  each  de- 
nomination, and  there  would  be  no  church  quarrels, 
but  everything  lovely  and  full  of  devotion  and 
praise,  and  each  denomination  would  feel  friendly 
towards  the  other.  O,  I  long  to  see  such  a  city.  I 
was  going  to  call  it  a  City  of  Endeavor,  when  it  oc- 
curred to  me  that  such  a  city  would  need  no  en- 
deavor, since  it  had  already  attained.  Endeavor, 
you  know,  means  to  strive  after,  and  so  our  City  of 
Endeavor  must  be  some  city  which  is  striving  after 
the  requirements  of  the  holy  city.  It  is  not  proba- 
ble that  the  Endeavorers  wpuld  go  off  by  them- 
selves and  build  a  city  ;  it  isn't  desirable  or  best  that 
they  should,  for  we  must  try,  or  endeavor,  to  con- 
quer the  evil  about  us  and  save  the  lost — not  run 


16  THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 

from  them.  And  so  I  shall  picture  to  you  a  City  of 
Endeavor  in  its  true  sense.  It,  too,  is  located  on 
Long  Island,  and  its  name  is  — Brooklyn.  (Ap- 
plause.) You  applaud  at  the  suggestion  of  Brook- 
lyn being  the  City  of  Endeavor.  I  like  your  patriot- 
ism, but  the  angels  in  heaven  will  applaud  when  you 
have  accomplished  your  endeavor,  and  then  you  will 
hear  the  king  say,  <  Well  done,  good  and  faithful 
servants;  enter  thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord.' 
And  O,  what  a  joy  it  will  be  to  live  in  Brooklyn. 
(Great  applause.) 

"  My  young  Endeavorers,  you  have  a  task  before 
you  which  is  well  nigh  impossible;  but  since  with 
God  all  things  are  possible,  you  can  accomplish  this 
work  if  you  rely  upon  His  strength.  His  arm  is 
not  shortened  that  it  cannot  save.  'Yet  now  be 
strong,  O  Jerubbabel,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  be  strong 
O  Joshua,  son  of  Josedeck,  the  high  priest;  and  be 
strong,  all  ye  people  of  the  land,  saith  the  Lord,  and 
work,  for  I  am  with  you,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.' 
There  is  your  command,  Endeavorers;  now  to  the 
work.    Let  me  outline  it  for  you  : 

-There  are  in  this  city  of  Brooklyn  about  320 
Protestant  churches  and  5,000  saloons— about  six- 
teen to  one  in  favor  of  the  saloons.  The  population 
of  the  city  is  1,000,000,  and  the  membership  of  the 
churches  is  a  little  over  100,000.  The  amount  of 
money  raised  by  the  churches  for  Missions  is 
$330,000,  and  the  total  amount  raised  for  current 


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expenses  and  all  other  purposes  during  last  year 
was  $2,000,000,  while  the  amount  spent  in  the 
saloons  during  the  same  period  was  approximately 
$15,000,000;  and  all  the  more  shameful  is  it  when 
we  are  told  by  the  liquor-dealers  that  one-third  of 
that  amount  was  taken  in  on  Sunday  and  during  the 
time  when  the  law  requires  the  saloons  to  be  closed. 
/  One  saloon  keeper  said,  if  the  saloons  were  closed 
on  Sundays,  that  many  saloon  keepers  would  have  j 
to  go  out  of  business.  God  hasten  the  day,  then, 
when  the  law  shall  be  enforced.  Fifty-eight  per 
cent,  of  all  arrests  is  for  intoxication,  and  eighty  per 
cent,  of  all  arrests  is  indirectly  due  to  the  drink 
habit — or  to  the  saloon.  You  have  in  this  city  at 
least  one  judge  in  the  police  courts  who  owns  a 
saloon,  and  after  making  a  profit  on  the  sale  of- 
liquor  to  make  men  drunk,  he  receives  a  salary  of 
$5,000  to  send  the  men  to  the  lockup.  It  is  a  profit- 
able business — for  the  judge.  I  have  heard,  how- 
ever, that  he  is  going  to  resign  from  the  bench  and 
open  a  school  for  prize-fighting  in  the  next  county. 
It  will  be  a  good  riddance  to  the  bench  when  he 
goes.  You  will  also  have  to  contend  with  the  daily 
papers,  which  will  be  against  any  such  movement  as 
proposed  for  the  City  of  Endeavor.  The  leading 
paper  is  evidently  subsidized  by  the  liquor-dealers, 
for,  while  admitting  the  law  against  Sunday  opening 
of  saloons,  it  said  it  would  not  ask  the  Mayor  to  en- 
force it,  as  he  was  pledged  to  the  saloon-keepers. 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR, 


It  begins  to  look  as  though  everybody  in  authority 
belonged  to  the  saloon.  The  police  commissioner 
will  not  enforce  the  law  because  he  would  lose  30,000 
votes  if  he  did.  The  Mayor  will  not  enforce  the 
law  because  he  pledged  himself  not  to.  The  police- 
men will  not  enforce  the  law  because  they  are  not 
instructed,  to  by  their  superiors ;  and  while  in  New 
York  City  the  saloons  are  closed  on  Sunday,  in 
Brooklyn  they  are  open,  and  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren go  in  and  buy  all  the  soul-damning  fluid  they 
desire.  Is  this  the  City  of  Churches,  or  is  it  the 
City  of  Saloons?  Was  David  B.  Hill  right  when  he 
said  he  would  rather  have  the  saloons  than  the 
churches  on  his  side?  Was  David,  the  Psalmist, 
wrong  when  he  said,  '  He  that  sitteth  in  the  heavens 
shall  laugh;  the  Lord  shall  have  them  in  derision?' 
No,  Endeavorers,  'God  is  not  mocked,  for  whatso- 
ever a  man  soweth,  that  shall  he  also  reap.'  If  a 
man  will  sow  corruption,  he  shall  reap  damnation; 
for  nothing  that  is  corrupt  can  enter  the  Holy  City. 

"  But  there  is  another  difficulty  which  faces  you, 
and  that  is  the  objection  which  some  pastors  have 
against  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society.  Such  min- 
isters are  very  few,  but  there  are  some  left  yet  in 
Brooklyn.  They  don't  believe  in  the  junior  society, 
or  training  '  up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should  go  ; ' 
they  don't  believe  in  making  pledges,  yet  go  right 
on  performing  the  marriage  vows  every  time  they 
get  a  chance ;  they  don't  believe  in  interdenomina- 


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i 

tional  fellowship,  or  that  'one  is  your  Master,  even 
Christ,  and  all  ye  are  brethren  ;  '  and  they  don't  be- 
lieve in  the  consecration  feature,  or  being  'trans- 
formed by  the  renewing  of  your  mind.'  Only  have 
patience  and  these  pastors  will  be  ready  to  swing 
into  line  when  they  see  the  glorious  progress  of 
God's  army  of  young  and  devout  Endeavorers  in 
their  enthusiastic  march  to  the  holy  city.  I  believe 
in  the  enthusiasm  of  the  Endeavorers.  Enthusiasm 
is  a  grand  thing.  Enthusiasm  is  intense  feeling  as 
especially  exhibited  in  ardent  zeal  for  a  principle  or 
cause.  Give  me  the  church  or  christian  who  is  en- 
thusiastic, and  I  will  give  you  grand  results  for  the 
Master.  Do  you  know  what  are  the  antonyms  of 
enthusiasm?  Listen  and  I  will  tell  you.  They  are: 
calculation,  calmness,  caution,  coldness,  deadness, 
dulness,  indifference,  policy,  prudence,  timidity  and 
wariness.  Of  what  use,  then,. is  a  church  or  christian 
who  is  not  enthusiastic?  O,  if  the  Christian  people 
would  wake  up  to  their  possibilities,  how  different 
the  world  would  be  !  How  rapidly  would  the  cause 
of  Christ  advance  !  I  was  present  at  the  great  power 
house  at  Niagara  Falls,  last  June,  when  the  electri- 
cal engineers  were  there  to  witness  the  test  of  the 
big  electric  generator,  which  was  expected  to  pro- 
duce 5,000  horse  power.  Their  enthusiasm  was 
great  when  they  saw  the  indicator  register  above 
the  5,000  mark.  Engineers  grow  enthusiastic  over 
horse  power,  or  the  force  which  lifts  33,000  pounds 


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one  foot  high  in  a  minute.  You  and  I  are  engineers 
in  the  spiritual  world,  and  we  ought  to  rejoice  in 
man  power,  or  the  divine  love  exerted  through  man, 
which  lifts  the  lowest  human  being  into  the  realm 
of  eternal  day.  Do  you  know  that  the  society  of 
Christian  Endeavor  is  a  mighty  generator,  producing 
at  present  2,500,000  man  power,  with  more  to  be 
added?  Do  you  know  the  amount  of  power  which 
you  alone  exert?  Do  you  know  how  much  the  pro- 
gress of  our  cause  depends  upon  the  current  which 
you  turn  on  or  off?  Do  you  know  what  one  young 
man  can  do  towards  making  this  a  Holy  City  ? 

"  In  the  royal  court  of  Persia  the  king's  cup  bearer 
was  a  young  man  named  Nehemiah.  This  young 
fellow  was  a  captive,  but  a  favorite  of  the  king.  He 
was  patriotic  and  loved  his  countrymen,  and  when 
he  heard  of  their  unfortunate  condition  he  obtained 
permission  from  the  king  to  go  and  assist  them. 
He  left  his  royal  home  and  pleasant  service  to  per- 
form a  more  important  duty  and  difficult  task.  Sur_ 
rounded  by  enemies,  determined  and  exceedingly 
treacherous,  he  persevered  until  his  work  was  ac- 
complished, and  in  fifty-two  days  the  walls  of  Jeru- 
salem were  rebuilt.  Just  see  the  character  of  the 
young  man  !  When  the  enemies  came  he  armed  his 
men,  and  with  a  trowel  in  one  hand  and  a  weapon 
by  his  side,  each  man  labored  at  his  work.  When 
the  enemy  tried  to  trap  him  he  replied,  '  I  am  doing 
a  great  work,  so  that  I  cannot  come  down ;  why 


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21 


should  the  work  cease  whilst  I  leave  it  and  come 
down  to  you  ? '  My  Christian  friends,  you  and  I  are 
doing  a  great  work  for  the  Lord  ;  why  should  the 
work  cease  while  we  go  down  to  the  enemy  ?  Let  us 
not  comprise  with  Satan.  And  when  Nehemiah  had 
re-established  the  laws  and  people  violated  the  Sab- 
bath, he  said,  'Why  lodge  ye  about  the  wall?  If  you 
do  so  again  I  will  lay  hands  on  you.'  From  that  time 
forth  they  came  no  more  on  the  Sabbath.  He  be- 
lieved in  the  enforcement  of  laws  and  he  saw  that 
they  were  enforced.  Is  there  a  Nehemiah  in  Brook- 
lyn, who  will  come  to  the  assistance  of  his  brethren 
and  build  up  the  walls  of  the  City  of  Endeavor? 

"The  Israelites  were  greatly  impoverished  at  one 
time  by  the  Midianites  who  encamped  against  them. 
The  Israelites  were  in  the  mountains  dwelling  in 
caves  and  dens,  and  the  Midianites  came  up  in  such 
numbers  that  they  were  like  grasshoppers  for  multi- 
tude. The  Lord,  however,  selected  Gideon,  a  young 
man  threshing  wheat,  to  deliver  his  people  from  the 
Midianites,  and  told  him  to  choose  his  warriors. 
Gideon  had  32,000  men  to  overthrow  135,000  Midi- 
anites. The  Lord  told  Gideon  his  army  was  too 
large,  and  he  gave  them  a  test  which  sent  to  the 
rear  22,000  men.  Still  10,000  were  too  many  for 
Gideon  and  another  test  left  him  with  only  300  men 
who  were  sufficiently  brave  and  capable.  Only  the 
truest  and  most  faithful  followers  would  the  Lord 
use  in  this  great  battle.    Think  of  Gideon  with  300 


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men  to  meet  the  kings  of  Midian  and  135,000 
soldiers.  The  situation  was  about  as  discouraging  as 
it  is  in  Brooklyn.  4  Not  by  might,  nor  by  power,  but 
by  my  spirit,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.'  So  Gideon's 
little  band  without  any  weapons  except  a  few 
pieces  of  crockery,  some  horns  and  lanterns  went 
forth  to  battle.  But  each  man  stood  the  test  and 
knew  what  to  do  and  when  to  do  it,  and  at  the 
proper  moment  they  gave  a  shout,  they  blew  the 
horns,  smashed  the  pitchers  and  swung  the  lanterns; 
the  Midianites  became  panic-stricken  and  fought 
each  other  until  120,000  of  them  had  been  killed 
and  the  others  put  to  flight.  Then  Gideon  pursued 
and  captured  the  kings  of  Midian.  So  the  Lord 
fought  for  Gideon  :  so  the  Lord  will  fight  for  you. 
Is  there  a  Gideon  here  who  will  go  forth  and  put  to 
flight  the  Brooklyn  Midianites? 

"  We  are  living  in  a  glorious  age  and  shall  soon 
witness  the  Lord  of  hosts  vanquish  the  powers  of 
evil.  The  Lord  has  been  testing  his  warriors  and 
we  are  on  the  eve  of  a  mighty  battle.  Soon  the 
shout  will  be  heard  from  the  hill  side,  the  pitchers 
will  be  broken,  the  trumpets  sounded  and  the  gos- 
pel light  swung  to  and  fro  until  the  followers  of 
darkness  shall  in  their  own  confusion  be  put  to 
death.  '  Awake,  thou  that  sleepest !  '  '  for  now  is 
our  salvation  nearer  than  when  we  believed.' 
'  Arise,  shine;  for  thy  light  has  come,  and  the  glory 
of  the  Lord  is  risen  upon  thee  !  '     '  And  the  seventh 


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angle  sounded ;  and  there  were  great  voices  in 
heaven,  saying,  '  The  kingdoms  of  this  world  are 
become  the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord,  and  of  his  Christ; 
and  he  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever.'  God  grant 
that  the  time  may  soon  come  when  every  city  in  our 
broad  and  beautiful  land  shall  become  not  only  a 
city  of  endeavor  but  a  holy  city — a  new  Jerusalem." 


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CHAPTER  III. 


Gideon's  band. 

The  convention  was  over  and  the  city  had  re- 
sumed its  usual  aspect.  People  were  getting  back 
to  their  accustomed  places,  yet  discussing  on  every 
hand  the  events  that  had  just  transpired.  The  one 
topic  of  conversation,  for  the  time  being,  at  least, 
was  the  Christian  Endeavor  Convention.  The  Good 
Citizenship  Committee  had  arranged  with  the  great 
temperance  orator,  John  G.  Woolley,  to  give  a  series 
of  lectures  to  follow  right  after  the  convention.  This 
kept  the  public  aroused,  and  the  politicians  were 
wondering  what  would  be  the  effect  of  all  this  on 
the  approaching  elections.  To  them,  the  Christian 
Endeavor  movement  was  an  unknown  quantity. 
Here  was  a  factor  with  which  they  had  never  before 
had  to  deal.  The  enthusiasm  of  the  Endeavorers 
was  business-like.  Would  they  attempt  to  carry 
out  any  of  the  suggestions  made  at  the  convention? 
The  suggestion  which  seemed  to  be  uppermost  in 
the  mind  of  the  public  was  that  made  by  the  preacher 
of  the  convention  sermon  when  he  called  Brooklyn 
the  City  of  Endeavor.  Would  the  Endeavorers  at- 
tempt to  revolutionize   Brooklyn?     Most  people 


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laughed  and  shook  their  heads  at  the  idea.  They 
thought  the  Endeavorers  would  have  a  sweet  time 
if  they  undertook  that.  Might  as  well  try  to  make 
the  sun  shine  at  night,  they  said.  Others  did  not 
care  to  express  an  opinion,  while  a  few  hoped  that 
it  might  be  accomplished. 

The  convention  sermon  had  made  a  deep  impres- 
sion on  many  of  the  audience,  and  had  resulted  in 
arousing  some  of  the  Endeavorers  to  action.  At 
the  evening  session  the  presiding  officer  announced 
that  certain  ones  had  resolved  to  do  what  they  could 
toward  the  reclaiming  of  Brooklyn  as  the  City  of 
Churches — or  rather  to  make  it  a  city  of  Endeavor, 
and  asked  all  the  young  men  of  Brooklyn,  who 
would  be  willing  to  join  Gideon's  Band,  to  write 
their  names  and  addresses  on  slips  of  paper,  which 
would  be  collected  by  the  ushers.  Nearly  400  names 
were  thus  obtained,  and  placed  in  the  hands  of 
Albert  H.  Harrington,  who  had  requested  the  an- 
nouncement made.  Harrington  was  a  prominent 
worker  in  the  Brooklyn  C.  E.  Union,  and  was  an 
aggressive  and  determined,  yet  safe  leader.  After 
hearing  the  sermon  and  its  suggestions,  he  con- 
sidered the  matter  and  then  decided  to  try  it.  As 
soon  after  the  convention  as  possible,  he  obtained 
the  use  of  a  church  and  called  a  meeting  of  the  men 
whose  names  he  had  received.  He  had  a  notice  of 
the  meeting  published  in  all  the  Brooklyn  daily 
papers,  inviting  all  men  who  were  interested  in  the 


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work  to  attend.  There  were  about  300  present- 
He  had  an  orchestra  which  enlivened  the  meeting 
with  Christian  Endeavor  and  patriotic  music. 

"  Gentlemen,"  said  Harrington,  after  he  had  been 
elected  chairman  of  the  meeting,  "  acting  upon  the 
suggestions  made  in  the  convention  sermon,  and  be- 
lieving it  possible  to  make  this  city  a  City  of  En- 
deavor, I  have  called  this  meeting  to-night  to  get 
your  opinions  upon  the  subject.  You  all  have,  prob- 
ably, either  heard  the  sermon  or  read  it  in  the 
papers,  and  so  are  familiar  with  its  nature.  That 
the  task  is  a  difficult  one,  there  is  no  doubt ;  but  I 
am  confident  that  with  a  band  of  men  as  well  dis- 
ciplined and  faithful  as  Gideon's  company,  we  can 
overthrow  the  evil  of  this  city  until  it  shall  be  a  holy 
city.  I  believe  the  evil  places  in  this  city  are  like 
the  diseased  parts  of  our  bodies,  and  can  be  cured  by 
using  the  proper  remedies.  But  somebody  must 
apply  the  remedy.  A  physician  does  not  stay  with 
the  patient,  but  employs  a  trained  nurse  to  stay  and 
see  that  his  instructions  are  followed  and  the  reme- 
dies given.  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Great  Physician,  and 
you  and  I  are  the  skilled  nurses,  left  here  to  see  that 
His  orders  are  obeyed.    Shall  we  be  faithful? 

"  It  is  one  thing  to  have  a  theory,  but  it  is  often 
quite  another  thing  to  put  that  theory  into  success- 
ful practice.  The  practical  plan  in  which  I  ask  your 
co-operation  is,  briefly,  as  follows : 

"The  members  of  this  band  must  be  fully  conse- 


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crated  to  the  work,  as  only  the  strong-hearted  and 
determined  ones  will  accomplish  it.  They  should 
be  united  as  one  man  in  the  object  to  be  obtained 
and  the  methods  used.  They  should  issue,  or  have 
issued,  a  daily  paper,  which  will  fully  represent  their 
work ;  as  the  daily  papers  now  published  are,  as 
every  one  knows,  published  merely  for  dollars  and 
cents,  and  will  favor  the  saloon,  or  any  element 
which  pays  best.  The  power  of  the  press  is  undis- 
puted, and  we  should  have  an  organ  of  our  own  with 
which  to  meet  the  organs  of  the  enemy.  I  think  a 
daily  paper  could  be  published  which  would  contain 
all  the  news  in  a  decent  manner — and  that  which 
wasn't  decent  should  be  left  out — and  yet  be  an  ex- 
ponent of  Christian  Endeavor.  It  might  not  be  a 
financial  success  right  away,  but  it  would  win  in  the 
end.  Such  a  paper,  I  believe,  is  a  necessity.  Then, 
the  Christians  of  all  denominations,  while  not  relin- 
quishing any  part  of  their  own  faith,  should  unite  in 
this  one  common  aim  to  destroy  the  evil  in  our 
midst.  Surely,  they  ought  to  agree  on  such  a 
theme.  Unity  of  action  is  desired  on  the  part  of 
the  churches,  and  it  can  be  accomplished  without 
the  breaking  down  of  denominations.  With  the 
churches  united  and  a  daily  paper  to  reach  the 
masses,  the  next  effort  should  be  to  have  the  exist- 
ing laws  enforced.  We  should  then  try  to  have 
passed  such  laws  as  will  accord  with  our  belief  and 
further  our  cause.    You  must  remember  that  during 


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all  this  time  we  are  educating  through  the  press  and 
from  the  pulpit,  the  masses  of  people,  and  each  step 
we  take  is  made  more  certain  by  the  addition  of 
new  converts.  I,  for  one,  would  like  to  see  this  city 
free  from  saloons  and  slums,  from  every  form  of 
vice.  If  the  constant  dropping  of  water  will  wear 
away  the  hardest  stone,  then  I  believe  the  constant 
hammering  of  our  endeavor  will  drive  away  the 
strongest  vice.  It  cannot  be  done  in  one  year,  but 
who  will  say  that  when  the  twentieth  century  comes 
it  shall  not  find  our  city  a  holy  city?  Gentlemen, 
what  say  you  ?" 

There  was  a  moment's  pause  and  then  Mr.  Dun- 
can, the  president  of  the  union  arose. 

"  Mr.  Chairman  and  gentlemen,"  he  said.    "  I  am 
heartily  in  favor  of  any  scheme  whereby  we  can  im- 
prove our  condition.    It  certainly  needs  improving. 
The  entrances  to  this  city,  whether  you  come  by 
the  bridge  or  by  the  ferries,  are  lined  with  saloons 
and  tenement  houses  of  a  cheap  order.    Cheap  tene- 
ments and  saloons  go  together.    Strangers  entering 
the  so-called  City  of  Churches  receive  anything  but 
pleasant  impressions.     This  should  not  be.  The 
plan  proposed  to-night  is  a  novel  and  somewhat 
startling  one,  and  while  it  is  a  good  one,  I  confess  I 
do  not  quite  see  how  we  are  going  to  carry  it  out. 
No  doubt  our  leader  has  ideas  on  the  subject  which 
will  develope  as  we  advance,  and  as  I  believe  him  to 
be  capable  in  the  work  he  undertakes,  I  will  gladly 


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join  his  band  and  work  with  all  my  heart  for  the 
City  of  Endeavor.  I  have  here  a  note  received 
to-day  which  I  will  read  as  it  shows  some  effect  of 
the  convention  upon  the  public:  Dear  Sir:  lean, 
not  tell  you  how  much  me  and  my  wife  are  indebted 
to  you  for  inviting  us  to  the  C.  E.  convention.  We 
haven't  bin  going  to  church  in  a  good  many  years, 
and  I  aint  ever  gone  much  anyway,  but  Maria  she 
used  to,  and  now  since  we  have  bin  to  the  conven- 
tion we  are  going  to  church  regularly.  We  kinder 
feel  as  if  we  would  like  to  do  something  to  help 
along  the  City  of  Endeavor,  that  the  preacher  told 
about,  but  as  we  are  getting  along  in  years  we  can't 
do  much  so  I  enclose  a  check  for  $100  and  when 
you  want  more  come  and  see  me.  Its  to  use  for 
Gideon's  band.  I  wish  you  could  get  my  two  boys 
interested  in  Christian  Endeavor.  They  are  pretty 
wild  and  fond  of  drink.  Maybe  you  wont  mind 
praying  for  them.  Yours  respectfully,  Carl  Berg. 
It  looks  to  me,  Mr.  Chairman,  as  though  we  were 
starting  out  under  very  auspicious  circumstances. 
But,  whatever  we  do,  I  hope  that  all  present  will 
remember  to  pray  for  these  two  young  men  whose 
parents  have  already  expressed  a  change  of  heart." 

"  I  think,"  said  the  chairman,  "  as  this  request 
just  made  is  right  in  the  line  of  our  work,  that  we 
might  spend  a  few  minutes  in  prayer  for  these 
young  men.    Will  some  one  lead  us  ?  " 

After  several  earnest  prayers  in  behalf  of  the 


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young  men,  the  discussion  of  the  evening  was  re 
sumed.  Several  young  men  spoke  in  favor  of  it  and 
agreed  to  consecrate  themselves  to  the  work. 

"  Mr.  Chairman,"  said  a  young  man  in  the  back 
part  of  the  room,  "  aren't  we  taking  up  the  work 
which  belongs  to  the  Christian  Endeavor  Union? 
It  seems  to  me  that  it  is  useless  to  multiply  our 
organizations  and  while  the  Union  is  doing  so  nicely 
why  should  we  interfere?  I  think  the  object  in  view 
is  a  good  one  and  one  we  should  strive  after,  but  I 
think  discretion  the  better  part  of  valor  and  we 
ought  to  proceed  slowly." 

"  As  the  president  of  the  Union  is  with  us,"  said 
Harrington,  "  I  will  ask  him  to  give  us  his  views  on 
that  matter." 

Mr.  Duncan  being  appealed  to  replied  as  he  arose 
and  faced  the  questioner  :  "  It  is  generally  under- 
stood that  the  local  unions  are  organized  for  the  pur- 
pose of  extending  inter-denominational  fellowship 
rather  than  of  taking  up  any  special  line  of  aggres- 
sive work.  The  C.  E.  societies  in  Brooklyn  repre- 
sent twelve  or  more  denominations,  and  as  each 
society  is  expected  to  be  loyal  to  its  own  denomina- 
tion and  church,  united  work  is  necessarily  limited 
As  a  union  we  may  and  ought  to  do  all  we  can  to  ex- 
tend the  organization  by  forming  new  societies,  by 
increasing  the  spirit  of  fellowship  and  by  originating 
and  discussing  such  plans  of  work  as  may  be  con- 
sistent with  our  principles.    I  do  not  believe,  how- 


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ever,  that  the  scheme  proposed  to-night  can  be 
carried  out  so  well  by  the  union  as  by  Gideon's 
band,  and  I  believe  the  band  will  be  an  aid  rather 
than  a  detriment  to  the  union." 

"  I  think,"  said  the  chairman,  "  that  our  proposed 
band  will  be  freer  to  work  than  the  union,  for  we 
shall  be  banded  not  as  societies,  or  churches,  or 
denominations,  but  as  individual  citizens." 

Another  gentleman  arose  and  addressed  the 
chairman. 

"I  think,"  said  he,  "that  the  game  is  good,  but 
the  ammunition  is  scarce  I  would  be  willing  to 
join  the  band  if  I  thought  it  would  do  any  good. 
But  these  evils  have  been  in  existence  from  time 
immemorial  and  I  believe  they  always  will  exist. 
If  we  do  our  duty  and  live  good  lives  we  will  have 
done  all  that  is  required  of  us." 

"  Mr.  Chairman,"  exclaimed  several  young  men, 
jumping  to  their  feet  at  the  same  time.  The  chair- 
man recognized  the  nearest  one,  who  said  : 

"As  Christians  we  are  told  to  preach  the  gospel  to 
every  creature,  and  Jesus  said  to  his  disciples:  'Ye 
have  not  chosen  me,  but  I  have  chosen  you  and  or- 
dained you,  that  ye  should  go  and  bring  forth  fruit, 
and  that  your  fruit  should  remain/  And  God  said 
unto  the  church  of  the  Laodiceans :  'So  then,  be- 
cause thou  art  lukewarm,  and  neither  cold  nor  hot, 
I  will  spue  thee  out  of  my  mouth.'  Now,  then,  it 
seems  to  me  that  as  co-laborers  with  Christ,  who 


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gave  His  life  for  us,  we  ought  to  be  willing  to  give 
at  least  a  portion  of  our  time  for  the  salvation  of 
others.  I  move  you,  sir,  that  Gideon's  band  be  or- 
ganized at  once." 

"I  second  that  motion,"  came  from  different  parts 
of  the  room.  The  motion  being  put  was  apparently 
unanimously  carried. 

"Gentlemen,"  said  Harrington,  "before  we  pro- 
ceed with  the  organization  I  wish  to  say  a  few 
words.    When  the  children  of  Israel  were  in  the  wil- 
derness  God  commanded  Moses  to   send  twelve 
men,  one  for  each  tribe,  into  Canaan,  the  promised 
land,  for  the  purpose  of  searching  the  country.  Ten 
of  these  men  brought  back  unfavorable  reports,  and 
said  that  the  country  was  inhabited  by  giants,'  and 
that  it  would  be  impossible  to  obtain  possession  of 
the  land  which  God  had  promised  them.    These  evil 
Reports  caused  the  multitude  to  murmur  against  God 
*or  bringing  them  out  into  the  wilderness  to  die 
God  punished  them  by  making  them  all  remain  in 
the  wilderness  forty  years,  and  the  ten  unworthy 
spies  and  all  who  murmured  with  them,  were  never 
allowed  to  enter  Canaan.     The  other  two  spies, 
Caleb  and  Joshua,  gave  a  favorable  report  and  said  : 
1  Let  us  go  up  at  once  and  possess  it,  for  we  are 
well  able  to  overcome  it.'    These  two  men  were  re- 
warded by  being  allowed  to  enter  the  promised 
land  and  to  enjoy  its  advantages.    I  would  call  your 
attention  to  the  fact  that  the  ten  spies  were  just  as 


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much  the  children  of  Israel — God's  chosen  people — 
as  the  two  faithful  ones ;  and  there  are  two  classes 
of  church  members  to-day,  those  who  give  unfavor- 
able reports  and  those  who  are  true  and  faithful. 
The  ten  said :  '  There  are  giants  there.'  The  two 
said:  'We  are  well  able  to  overcome  them.' 
Friends,  you  and  I  are  called  to  possess  this  city  for 
righteousness.  As  there  were  giants  in  those  days, 
so  there  are  giants  now.  The  saloon  power  is  a 
mighty  giant,  but  let  us  say,  as  did  Caleb,  '  We  are 
well  able  to  overcome  it.'  This  was  once  the  City 
of  Churches ;  we  are  now  called  to  reclaim  it.  Let 
us,  then,  go  up  at  once,  for  we  are  well  able  to  pos- 
sess it.  We  will  now  proceed  to  call  the  roll,  and 
those  who  are  willing  to  join  our  band  will  please 
respond  by  saying  'yes.'  After  the  roll  has  been 
called,  any  whose  names  have  been  omitted  may 
come  forward  and  join." 

At  this  juncture  quite  a  number  went  out.  The 
roll  call  completed  showed  225  young  men  who 
were  willing  to  undertake  the  great  task.  They  pro- 
ceeded at  once  with  the  preliminary  work  of  the  or. 
ganization,  and  unanimously  chose  Mr.  Harrington 
as  their  lender.  "  Gideon  Number  2,"  they  laugh, 
ingly  called  him. 

"  In  accepting  the  leadership/'  Harrington  said, 
"  I  feel  that  I  have  no  power  of  my  own,  but  that 
whatever  is  done  is  done  by  the  power  of  God,  who 
is  the  source  of  all  power.    It  is  His  work  we  are  to 


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do ;  let  us,  then,  take  counsel  of  Him  in  all  our 
plans.    It  is  not  necessary  that  we  should  bother 
about  a  constitution  and  by-laws,  and   all  those 
things.    A  simple  verse  will  bind  us  together,  and 
unless  some  one  has  something  better  to  offer,  I 
suggest  that  we  call  ourselves  Gideon's  Band,  and 
take  for  our  motto,  or  bond  of  unity,  the  words  of 
Caleb :  '  Let  us  go  up  at  once  and  possess  it,  for  we 
are  well  able  to  overcome  it.'    It  is  rather  late  now. 
We  will  meet  again  one  week  from  to-night  and  plan 
our  campaign.    My  intention  is  to  divide  this  band 
into  three  divisions,  with  a  leader  for  each.    One  di- 
vision is  to  take  charge  of  the  work  of  establishing  a 
daily  newspaper  for  our  cause ;  the  second  division 
will  undertake  to  bring  the  pastors  into  hearty  sym- 
pathy with  our  purpose,  and  the  other  division  will 
endeavor  to  have  the  existing  laws  enforced.  As 
soon  as  one  division  succeeds  in  accomplishing  its 
part,  a  new  line  of  work  will  be  given  it.    I  believe 
that  there  will  be  a  general  revival  in  the  churches 
this  winter,  because  of  the  influence  exerted  by  our 
grand  convention  just  closed.    Such  a  revival  would 
greatly  help  along  the  City  of  Endeavor.    ' Let  us 
go  up  at  once  and  possess  it,  for  we  are  well  able  to 
overcome  it.'  " 


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CHAPTER  IV. 


A  TROLLEY  ACCIDENT. 

It  was  late  in  the  afternoon  and  the  streets  and 
cars  were  filled  with  people  going  home.  Fulton 
street,  below  the  City  Hall,  seemed  to  be  a  mass  of 
cars  and  teams  and  pedestrians,  all  mixed  in  to- 
gether. A  cry  of  horror  was  heard  at  the  junction 
of  Fulton  and  Court  streets,  and  the  crowd  there 
soon  doubled. 

"A  man  run  over  by  the  trolley  car,"  exclaimed 
an  excited  individual.  "  Where's  an  officer  to  ar- 
rest the  motorman  ! " 

But  the  police  were  already  taking  the  statements 
of  the  motorman,  conductor  and  a  number  of  wit- 
nesses, while  a  call  for  the  ambulance  had  been  sent 
in. 

The  man  was  not  killed,  but  badly  injured.  In- 
vestigation showed  that  he  was  very  drunk,  and  at- 
tempting to  get  off  a  car  he  fell  in  front  of  another, 
and  had  his  leg  broken  by  the  iron  fender.  A  young 
man  wearing  a  C.  E.  pin  had  been  on  the  car,  and 
helped  to  lift  the  man  off  the  track. 

"What  is  your  name?"  asked  a  policeman. 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


orace  Berg,"  replied  the  injured  man. 
At  the  mention  of  that  name  the  Endeavorer  gave 
a  start  and  said:  "Are  you  any  relation  of  Carl 
Berg?" 

"It's  none  of  your  business,"  was  the  rather 

startling  reply. 

After  the  ambulance  had  gone,  the  Endeavorer 
hastened  down  the  street  to  Mr.  Berg's  store,  and  as 
he  entered  was  greeted  with  a  cheerful  voice. 

"Hello,  Mr.  Duncan,  is  that  you?  I'm  glad  to 
see  you.  Come  right  back  here,  if  you  can  pick 
your  way  through  the  barrels." 

"Thank  you,  Mr.  Berg,  I  guess  I'll  have  no  diffi- 
culty. Let  us  go  into  your  private  office  for  a  mo- 
ment," replied  Duncan,  as  he  grasped  his  friend  s 
hand. 

"You  remember  you  mentioned  having  two  sons 
whom  you  wanted  to  have  interested  in  Christian 
Endeavor.    Are  they  living  at  home  with  you  ?  " 

"  One  is,  but  the  other  comes  and  goes  and  we 
can't  keep  track  of  him.  Stephen,  the  youngest,  is 
not  so  far  down  and  we  have  some  hopes  of  making 
a  man  of  him,  but  Horace" — and  here  Mr.  Berg 
shook  his  head  and  sighed.  "  Horace,"  he  con- 
tinued in  a  moment,  "  has  given  himself  up  to  drink 
until  we  almost  feel  at  times  that  he  is  beyond  all 
hope.  He  hasn't  been  home  for  a  week  and  I  don't 
know  where  he  is  now." 

"  I  think,  perhaps,  I  can  tell  you.    There  was  an 


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37 


accident  up  the  street  a  few  minutes  ago,  and  a  man 
had  his  leg  broken  by  being  hit  by  a  street  car  fen- 
der. He  has  been  taken  to  the  hospital,  although 
considerably  under  the  influence  of  liquor.  He  gave 
his  name  as  Horace — Horace  Berg." 

"  Horace — my  boy — run  over — in  the  hospital," 
exclaimed  Carl,  as  he  tried  to  steady  himself. 

"A  broken  leg  is  not  so  bad  as  it  might  be,  Mr. 
Berg,"  replied  Duncan  in  reassuring  tones. 

"  No,  that  is  so,"  said  Carl  as  he  became  more 
calm,  "  and  he  might  be  in  a  worse  place  than  a  hos- 
pital.   But  tell  me  all  about  it." 

Duncan  told  him  how  his  son  had  attempted  to 
get  off  the  car  just  at  the  junction  of  the  Court  and 
Fulton  street  and  Myrtle  avenue  lines,  and  had  met 
with  the  mishap.  "  It  is  a  very  dangerous  place," 
he  added. 

"  I  want  you  to  pray  for  my  boy,  Mr.  Duncan," 
said  Carl  as  Duncan  was  leaving. 

"  I  will  and  with  all  my  heart,  and  when  you  get 
him  removed  to  your  house  I  will  bring  some  of  our 
society  members  down  and  hold  a  little  prayer- 
meeting,  if  you  wish." 

On  his  way  up  the  street  after  bidding  Carl  good- 
bye, he  overtook  Harrington  and  the  two  continued 
along  together.  The  accident  was  mentioned  and 
Harrington's  interest  was  enlisted  in  behalf  of 
Horace.  After  agreeing  to  go  and  call  on  him  the 
next   morning  at  the   hospital,  the   subject  was 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


changed  to  the  work  of  Gideon's  band. 

"  Mr.  Duncan,"  said  Harrington,  "  I  think  you 
have  a  special  fitness  for  taking  the  leadership  of  the 
division  on  churches,  and  I  want  you  to  do  it  if  you 
will.  It  is  right  in  line  with  your  work  in  the  Union, 
and  so  will  not  interfere  with  your  position  as  its 
president.  I  shall  call  on  Edgar  T.  Bradley  to  look 
after  the  law  enforcement  division,  while  I  shall  en- 
deavor to  work  up  the  newspaper  plan.  If  you  and 
Bradley  will  come  to  my  house  to-morrow  night  we 
will  discuss  the  various  ideas  I  have  in  mind.  I 
would  suggest  that  the  first  Sunday  in  November  be 
made  a  Temperance  Day  in  the  churches.  Send  a 
letter  to  all  the  pastors  asking  them  to  preach  a 
temperance  sermon  on  that  day.  It  will  come  just 
before  the  election  and  may  be  helpful  in  winning 
votes  for  our  cause.  There  isn't  any  time  to  lose 
because  the  month  is  pretty  nearly  gone  now." 

"  The  Temperance  Day  is  a  good  idea,"  said  Dun- 
can, "  and  I  will  try  to  carry  out  your  suggestions. 
The  liquor  dealers  laugh  at  us  because,  they  say,  we 
talk  temperance  after  the  elections,  while  they  get 
their  work  in  before,  when  it  counts  for  the  most. 
There  were  23,000  arrests  last  year  for  drunkenness 
in  this  city." 

"  There  wouldn't  have  been,  if  the  city  officials 
had  courage  enough  to  enforce  the  laws.  It  is  a 
shame  that  Brooklyn,  the  city  of  churches,  should 
become  the  rum-hole  of  New  York.    The  saloon 


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39 


must  go,  and  I  shall  do  all  in  my  power  to  give  it  a 
rattling  good  start." 

"Well,  I'm  with  you,"  replied  Duncan.  "  The 
Good  Citizenship  Committee  did  some  excellent 
work  in  turning  down  the  officials  who  favored  the 
saloons  instead  of  fulfilling  their  oath  of  office  and 
enforcing  the  laws.  That  was  the  entering  wedge 
which  will  split  the  saloon  power  into  fragments. 
The  chairman  of  that  committee  should  be  remem- 
bered when  the  union  makes  its  nominations  this 
winter." 

"  I  was  away  at  that  time  and  did  not  see  the  ac- 
counts," said  Harrington,  "but  you  must  have  had 
a  lively  time  of  it." 

"  It  was  interesting,  to  say  the  least.  The  chair- 
man of  the  committee  presented  some  resolutions, 
which  were  enthusiastically  received  and  adopted. 
I  think  I  have  a  copy  of  them  in  my  pocket."  And 
Duncan  handed  Harrington  the  following  resolu- 
tions : 

Whereas,  Many  of  the  public  journals  of  our  State  are  advocating 
the  non  enforcement  of  certain  laws  by  officials  whose  sworn  duty  it 
is  to  enforce  every  law  ;  and  still  others  are  endeavoring  to  create 
the  impression  that  there  is  an  overwhelming  demand  for  the  enact- 
ment of  more  liberal  excise  laws  and  the  opening  of  saloons  on  Sun- 
day ;  and 

Whereas,  The  officials  of  our  city,  by  their  action  and  inaction, 
clearly  demonstrate  that  they  do  not  intend  to  fulfil,  by  enforcing  the 
present  excise  laws,  the  obligations  assumed  by  their  oath  of  office  ; 
be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  good  citizenship  committee  be  instructed  to  ex- 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


press  to  the  mayor  and  the  police  commissioner  of  Brooklyn,  the  deep 
regret  of  this  union  at  their  present  excise  policy ;  and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  officers  of  the  State  Union  of  Christian  En- 
deavor be  advised  that  it  is  the  sense  of  the  union  that  the  subject  of 
good  citizenship  should  hold  a  prominent  place  before  the  State  con- 
vention to  be  held  in  our  city  on  the  8th  and  9th  of  October  next  ; 
that  no  official  or  other  person,  who,  by  his  action  or  inaction,  throws 
the  weight  of  his  influence  in  favor  of  an  open  saloon  on  Sunday, 
should  be  invited  to  address  that  convention,  and  that,  if  possible, 
provision  should  be  made  for  a  conference  at  that  time  of  the  repre- 
sentatives of  all  good  citizenship  committees,  in  order  that  our  forces 
throughout  the  State  may  come  together  and  stand  shoulder  to 
shoulder  in  the  cause  of  good  government. 

"The  Brooklyn  daily  Buzzard"  continued  Dun- 
can, after  Harrington  had  read  the  resolutions,  "  came 
out  with  an  editorial  and  said  the  Endeavorers  had 
insulted  the  Mayor,  and  intimated  that  they  had 
better  apolo  gize.  The  Secretary  of  the  committee 
replied  to  the  editorial  and  carried  on  a  brief,  but 
lively  controversy,  in  which  the  Buzzard  rather  got 
the  worst  of  it.  The  editor  would  not  give  an 
answer  to  the  question  as  to  whether  or  not  it  was 
the  duty  of  the  Mayor  and  police  commissioners  to 
enforce  the  law  requiring  the  saloons  to  be  closed  on 
Sunday.  That  paper  dare  not  antagonize  the  saloon 
power.  The  controversy,  however,  aroused  con- 
siderable interest  in  the  subject,  and  when  the  con- 
vention programmes  were  printed,  the  Mayor's  name 
was  omitted.  He  was  to  have  delivered  an  address 
of  welcome.  So  much  for  the  cause  of  Christian 
citizenship." 


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41 


"Yes,  I  am  convinced  that  the  time  is  coming 
when  good  government  will  prevail,  and  we  shall 
have  officials  who  know  what  their  duty  is  and  will 
do  it,"  said  Harrington,  "and  you  may  be  sure  they 
will  not  belong  to  the  saloon  element.  Some  one 
has  said  that  the  man  who  is  willing  for  the  saloon 
to  stay  is  in  no  hurry  for  Christ  to  come;  and  I  be- 
lieve he  told  the  truth." 

"  That  is  all  the  more  shameful  when  it  applies  to 
a  minister  of  t'he  gospel.  It  is  a  matter  of  deep  re- 
gret that  there  are  ministers,  or  at  least  one  minister, 
in  this  city  that  refused  the  use  of  his  church  for  our 
temperance  lectures,  because,  he  said  :  '  It  might  in- 
terfere with  my  son's  election  this  fall.'  And  it  was 
the  pastor  of  a  prominent  church,  too,  that  said  it." 

"Shame,  shame  upon  him!  ".said  Harrington. 
"  His  son  deserves  to  be  defeated.  Nevertheless, 
I  believe  we  are  approaching  a  glorious  day,  and 
these  hinderers  will  be  swept  to  the  rear  by  the 
mighty  advance  of  truth  and  righteousness.  The 
churches  have  felt  the  force  of  the  convention  and 
the  public  has  been  stirred  by  Woolley's  grand  dis- 
courses, and  now  is  the  time  for  us  to  work.  Don't 
forget  to  be  at  my  house  to-morrow  night.  I  will 
stop  at  the  hospital  in  the  morning  and  inquire  after 
Berg.  Good-night." 

"  Good  bye,"  said  Duncan.  "  I'll  be  there."  And 
the  two  young  men  separated  and  went  home. 

In  the  meantime,  Horace  Berg  had  been  taken  to 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


the  hospital  and  had  received  the  necessary  medical 
aid.  The  shock  had  somewhat  sobered  him,  and  he 
was  in  a  more  humble  state  of  mind  when  his  father 
called.  Carl  found  that  he  could  be  removed  and 
so  immediately  procured  a  carriage  and  had  him 
taken  home.  Then  he  notified  Mr.  Duncan  of  the 
change  and  told  him  he  would  be  welcome  any  time 
he  might  choose  to  call  at  the  house.  Duncan  tele- 
graphed to  Harrington  that  Horace  had  been  re- 
moved from  the  hospital  to  his  home,  so  as  to  save 
his  friend  an  unnecessary  trip  in  the  morning. 

That  night  was  a  sleepless  one  in  the  Berg  house- 
hold. Horace  was  restless  and  impatient  with  his 
condition.  Complaining  and  swearing,  he  passed  a 
weary  night,  and  kept  his  mother  and  father  waiting 
upon  him  by  turns.  His  brother  Stephen  came  in 
late,  and  surprised  at  the  unusual  activity  about  the 
house  at  that  hour,  looked  in  the  room  and  then 
went  off  to  bed.  Towards  morning  Horace  began 
to  sleep  and  slept  until  noon.  He  was  much  more 
quiet  during  the  afternoon.  In  the  evening  Mr, 
Duncan  called  before  going  to  Harrington's. 

"  Horace,"  said  Carl,  introducing  his  son,  "  this  is 
Mr.  Duncan,  who  helped  pick  you  up  from  the  track 
yesterday." 

"Glad  to  see  you,  Mr.  Duncan,"  said  Horace,  ex- 
tending his  hand.  After  scanning  his  face  a  moment 
he  said  :  "  Aren't  you  the  feller  who  asked  if  I  was 
a  relation  of  Carl  Berg  ?  " 


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43 


"  Yes,"  replied  Duncan. 

"  Well,  you  must  pardon  my  hasty  language.  I 
wasn't  myself  at  the  moment." 

"  Certainly,"  said  Duncan,  "  I  knew  you  did  not 
realize  what  you  were  saying.  Don't  think  of  it 
again.  I  hope  that  you  will  not  be  laid  up  long. 
That  junction  of  car  lines  is  a  dangerous  place  and 
you  were  fortunate  in  escaping  with  a  broken  leg. 
I  am  glad,  too,  that  you  have  been  brought  home 
and  are  not  confined  in  the  hospital.  If  there  is 
anything  I  can  do  for  you,  be  sure  to  let  me  know. 
If  you  are  fond  of  reading  I  shall  be  glad  to  lend 
you  my  library  ticket." 

"  Thanks,"  said  Horace,  "  I  don't  care  much  to 
read,  except  the  daily  papers." 

"  It  may  help  you  to  pass  away  the  time,"  replied 
Duncan,  inwardly  adding  that  it  would  be  a  good 
thing  now  if  the  Christian  Endeavor  Daily  were 
published.  Then  bidding  the  family  good-night  he 
went  to  Harrington's. 

"  That's  one  of  them  Christian  Endeavor  fellers 
you've  been  talking  about,  isn't  it?"  Horace  asked 
when  Duncan  had  gone.  "  He  seems  like  a  decent 
sort  of  a  feller,  but  he  needn't  be  coming  around 
here  to  see  me.    He  ain't  my  style." 

"  Never  mind,  my  son,  if  he  takes  an  interest  in 
you  and  wants  to  see  how  you  are  getting  along;  it 
wont  do  you  any  harm  to  have  him  come,"  said 
Mrs.  Berg,  as  she  held  Horace's  hand. 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


"  I  suppose  you'll  be  wanting  him  to  convert  me ; 
but  I  tell  you  it's  no  use.    I  ain't  ready." 

"  I  wish  you  were,  my  son  ;  I  wish  you  were,"  was 
all  she  could  say.  Her  hand  tightened  on  his,  and 
as  he  saw  her  eyes  moist  with  tears,  he  said : 

"  Don't  worry  about  me,  mother  ;  I'll  get  around 
to  it  some  day,  like  as  not.  Anyway,  I  guess  I'm  as 
good  as  some  church  members." 

"  But  you  are  not  as  good  as  the  best,  and  I  want 
my  boy  to  be  the  best." 

"  You  have  always  been  a  good  mother,  but  you 
seem  to  have  suddenly  got  church  in  your  head. 
How  did  you  come  to  get  religious  so  sudden?  " 

"  Your  father  and  I  have  been  attending  the  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Convention,  and  we  have  learned 
some  beautiful  truths.  I  used  to  go  to  church  regu- 
larly, but  got  out  of  the  habit.  Now  we  see  things 
in  a  different  light,  and  I  begin  to  think  that  I  never 
knew  before  what  the  real  Christian  life  is.  So 
many  people  go  to  church  and  go  through  the  cere- 
monies and  think  they  are  Christians— but  they're 
not.    It  takes  more  than  that  to  make  a  Christian." 

"  I  guess  you're  right,  mother,"  said  Horace.  "  I 
see  some  church  people  do  things  that  don't  look 
like  Christians.  I  guess  there  are  mighty  few  Chris- 
tians in  this  world." 

"We  are  not  to  judge  that,  Horace.  The  Lord 
knows  them  that  are  his.  Some  of  His  people  live 
very  near  to  Him,  and  others  are  a  long  ways  off. 


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45 


Your  father  and  I  have  been  getting  nearer  to  Him, 
and  O,  it  is  so  much  sweeter,  and  so  delightful.  His 
presence  is  glorious,  and  to  feel  that  God  is  near 
you,  brings  so  much  comfort  and  peace.  I  am  glad 
we  went  to  the  convention." 

"  Well,  I  suppose  it's  all  right  for  them  that  un- 
derstand those  things — but  I  don't." 

"  But  you  can  learn  to  understand  them.  They 
are  very  simple.  1  God  is  love.'  That  is  easy  to 
understand.  4  God  so  loved  the  world  that  He  gave 
His  only  begotten  Son  ;  that  whosoever  believeth  in 
Him  should  not  perish,  but  have  everlasting  life.' 
That  isn't  difficult  to  understand.  If  you  would  only 
let  the  truth  shine  into  you — but  you  shut  it  out. 
See  what  happy  people  these  Christian  Endeavorers 
are.  They  let  God  teach  them  the  truth  and  they 
go  along  rejoicing.  So  would  everybody  if  they 
would  let  God  direct  them." 

"  You're  getting  to  be  quite  a  preacher,  mother. 
I  expect  you'll  be  joining  the  C.  E.  Society." 

"  I  guess  I'm  too  old  for  that  now.  That  is  a 
young  people's  society  ;  but  you  could  join  it,  if  you 
would." 

"  I— ha  !  ha  !  "  And  Horace  laughed.  "  I  see 
myself  joining  their  society.  What  do  you  suppose 
them  fellers  want  with  me?  Do  you  suppose  that — 
what  was  that  chap's  name  that  was  in  here  ?  " 

"  Mr.  Duncan,  do  you  mean?" 

"Yes.    Do  you  suppose  that  Duncan  would  vote 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


for  me?  Not  after  the  way  I  swore  at  him  yester- 
day." 

"I  do  not  know,"  she  replied.  "Mr.  Duncan  is 
an  earnest  Christian  Endeavorer,  and  I  think  he 
would  like  to  have  you  become  one.  But,  of  course, 
you  would  have  to  stop  swearing  if  you  joined  the 
society." 

"Well,  I  guess  you  needn't  propose  my  name  to- 
night. Better  wait  till  my  leg  gets  well,  and  then  if 
they  black-ball  me  they  wont  have  to  carry  me  out." 
And  Horace  chuckled  to  himself. 

"  Horace,  I'm  going  to  invite  some  of  the  En- 
deavorers  to  come  here  and  hold  a  meeting,  so  you 
can  see  what  it's  like." 

"  The— excuse  me,  mother,  I  was  going  to  swear. 
I'd  rather  you  wouldn't.  Break  my  other  leg  if  you 
want  to,  but  don't  go  to  holding  prayer-meetings 
over  me." 

"Horace!"  she  exclaimed,  and  bowed  her  head 
on  his  shoulder. 

"  Well,  never  mind  me,  mother;  go  ahead  and  in- 
vite them  all  down  here  if  you  want  to." 

She  made  no  reply,  but  remained  quiet  some  time, 
and  then  arose  and  prepared  the  room  for  the  night. 

"  Good-night,  my  son,"  she  said,  as  she  kissed  him. 
"  I  hope  you  will  be  better  in  the  morning." 


THE  CAMPAIGN  OPENED. 


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CHAPTER  V. 


THE  CAMPAIGN  OPENED. 

The  Good  Citizenship  Committee  had  been  doing 
some  good  work  before  and  since  the  convention, 
and  had  obtained  the  signatures  of  a  great  many 
voters  who  were  willing  to  adopt  the  platform  aimed 
to  secure  the  proper  observance  of  Sunday  and  the 
purification  of  politics.  The  committee  issued  a 
neat  card  containing  the  principles  and  with  an  ap- 
plication blank  attached.    The  card  was  as  follows : 

GOOD  CITIZENSHIP  COMMITTEE. 

Brooklyn  Christian  Endeavor  Union. 

our  platform. 

We  believe  in  God,  and  recognize  our  obligation 
to  acknowledge  His  right  to  rule  in  the  Nation, 
State  and  Municipality,  as  well  as  in  the  individual 
heart. 

We  believe  in  the  proper  observance  of  Sunday  as 
a  day  of  rest  and  worship. 

We  believe  the  saloon  to  be  a  menace  to  good 
government,  as  well  as  to  the  home,  and  that  its  in- 


48  THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 

fluence  should  be  banished  from  our  political  life ; 
and  we  favor  all  laws  and  plans  which  will  lessen  the 
evils  of  or  totally  annihilate  the  liquor  traffic. 

We  believe  that  every  man  is  in  duty  bound  to 
exercise  his  rights  of  citizenship. 

We  believe  in  the  outspoken  denunciation  of  po- 
litical corruption  by  the  pulpit,  the  public  press,  and 
by  the  individual  citizen,  and  we  believe  in  united 
effort  for  the  enforcement  of  law  and  the  suppres- 
sion of  vice. 

We  believe  in  everything  that  will  take  religion 
(not  the  church)  into  politics  and  in  everything  that 
will  keep  politics  out  of  religion. 

OUR  OBJECT. 

To  induce  the  voting  members  of  our  Societies, 
Churches  and  Community  to  perform  their  duties  as 
citizens. 

To  oppose  all  efforts  to  break  down  the  American 
Sunday. 

To  encourage  total  abstinence  and  to  counteract 
the  power  and  influence  of  the  saloon. 

OUR  METHODS. 
Education  and  Agitation. 


Being  a  legal  voter  in  Kings  County,  State  of  New 
r ork,  and  heartily  endorsing  the  work  of  the  Good 


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Citizenship  Committee  of  the  Brooklyn  Christian 
Endeavor  Union — as  outlined  on  the  card  above — / 
desire  to  be  enrolled  as  an  Honorary  Member  of  said 
Committee,  and  will  strive  to  exert  all  my  personal 
influence  along  the  lines  indicated. 

{There  is  no  expense  attached  to  the  Honorary  Mem- 
bership.} 

Name,   

Street  A  ddress,  .  

[This  application  should  be  detached  and  mailed  immediately  to  the 
Secretary,  HAROLD  M.  DAVIS,  157  Congress  Street,  Brooklyn.] 

These  cards  were  distributed  among  the  societies 
and  wherever  there  was  any  prospect  of  getting  sig- 
natures. The  names  as  rapidly  as  obtained  were  re- 
corded alphabetically  by  the  secretary,  who  mailed 
to  them  such  information  on  good  government  and 
about  the  candidates  as  the  committee  could  secure. 
In  this  way  public  interest  was  kept  up  in  the  cause. 

The  first  regular  meeting  of  Gideon's  Band  was 
pretty  fully  attended  and  that  was  an  encouraging 
sign  of  interest  in  and  devotion  to  the  work.  The 
leaders  had  been  assigned  to  the  divisions,  and  the 
classification  of  the  members  had  been  completed. 
The  first  work  taken  up  was  that  of  the  church  di- 
vision under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  Duncan. 

"  Mr.  Chairman,"  said  Duncan  addressing  Har- 
rington, "  I  hardly  know  which  is  the  proper  way  to 
address  you.  Are  we  to  say  Mr.  President,  Mr. 
Chairman  or  Mr.  Gideon?" 


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Harrington  smiled  as  much  as  the  dignity  of  his 
position  would  permit,  and  said : 

"  So  far  as  I  am  concerned  I  would  be  satisfied 
with  simply  Mr.  Harrington,  but,  recognizing  the 
value  of  discipline  in  conducting  large  assemblies,  I 
think  that  my  position  may  be  defined  sufficiently  as 
Mr.  Chairman." 

"  Well,  then,  Mr.  Chairman,"  continued  Duncan, 
"  the  church  division  has  a  report  to  make  whenever 
you  are  ready  to  hear  it." 

"You  may  proceed  now,"  responded  the  chair- 
man. 

"  The  division  on  churches,  sir,"  said  Duncan  ad- 
dressing Harrington,  "  has  deemed  it  advisable  to 
carry  out  a  suggestion  made  by  you  a  few  days  ago, 
and  has  sent  the  following  letter  to  each  of  the  pas- 
tors in  this  city.  If  they  will  enter  into  the  spirit 
and  make  November  3d  a  Temperance  Sunday,  we 
believe  that  the  cause  will  be  greatly  advanced. 
This  is  the  letter : 

Reverend  and  Dear  Sir:  Believing  that  you 
are  interested  in  making  this  city  a  city  of  right- 
eousness, we  take  the  liberty  of  invoking  your  as- 
sistance in  our  endeavor  to  counteract  the  tremen- 
dous influence  of  the  saloon.  The  diagram  here 
shown  is  a  startling  revelation,  and  the  statistics  are 
as  accurate  as  it  is  possible  to  get  them.  During 
last  year  the  Protestant  churches  of  Brooklyn  raised 
for  missions  the  sum  of  $330,000.  The  total 
amount  raised  for  all  church  purposes,  including  ex 


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$15,000,000. 


$2,000,000. 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


penses,  was  $2,000,000,  while  the  amount  spent  in 
the  Brooklyn  saloons  during  the  same  period  is  esti- 
mated at  $15,000,000.    To  overthrow  so  mighty  a 
giant  as  that  evil  requires  a  united  effort  on  the  part 
of  the  churches.    Public  sentiment  has  been  greatly 
aroused  by  the  divine  spirit  in  the  Christian  En- 
deavor convention  held  here  recently,  and  the  five 
addresses  delivered  by  Mr.  Woolley  have  kept  the 
interest  up.    If  the  churches  will  take  hold  now  and 
make  a  strong  plea  throughout  the  city,  many  men 
and  youths  may  be  persuaded  to  take  a  firm  stand 
against  the  saloon  and  its  evils,  both  in  private  and 
public  life.    To  this  end  we  desire  to  make  Sunday 
November  3d,  a  Temperance  Day  in  Brooklyn,  and 
we  ask  if  you  will  kindly  consent  to  preach  a  tem- 
perance sermon  on  that  day.    Please  let  us  know  if 
we  may  count  on  your  assistance,  so  that  we  may 
form  some  idea  of  the  success  of  our  efforts.  Trust- 
ing that  we  may  have  your  co-operation,  we  have 
the  honor  to  be 

Sincerely  yours  for  the  Master. 

"  This  letter  was  signed  by  the  seventy-five  mem- 
bers of  the  church  division." 

"  I  think,  Mr.  Chairman,"  said  Edgar  T.  Bradley, 
"that  many  of  the  pastors  will  respond  favorably  to' 
such  an  earnest  appeal.  I  hope  they  all  will.  I  am 
not  on  that  division,  but  believing  that  the  saloon  is 
largely  the  cause  of  the  non-enforcement  of  our 
laws,  and  being  on  the  law  enforcement  division,  I 
am  particularly  interested  in  abolishing  the  saloon. 
I  hope,  therefore,  that  the  church  division  will  be 
successful  with  the  Temperance  Sunday." 


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"  The  saloon  problem  is  a  very  important  one,  and 
especially  at  the  present  time,"  said  Harrington. 
"  The  success  which  has  crowned  the  efforts  of  the 
police  commissioners  in  New  York  City,  has  made 
the  Excise  question  an  important  factor  in  our  ap- 
proaching elections.  It  seems  to  me  that  it  might 
be  well  for  us  to  devote  our  whole  energy  to  this  one 
great  evil  until  after  the  elections.  Therefore,  I  sug- 
gest that  we  hear  what  the  other  divisions  have  to 
say  on  this  subject.  Mr.  Bradley,  what  has  the  law 
enforcement  division  to  suggest?" 

"  Well,"  replied  Bradley,  "  I  can  scarcely  say  that 
our  division  has  got  to  work  yet  ;  but  I  have  one  or 
two  suggestions  to  make.  I  saw  a  unique  card  in 
the  Rams  Horn  a  short  time  ago.  The  card  is  used 
by  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Hardendorf,  of  Albany,  in 
his  temperance  work.    It  reads  as  follows: 

T.  H.  E.  Devil,  Pres't.  L.  Beer,  Sec'y. 

Al.  Cohol,  Vice  Pres't.  W.  Hisky,  Traffic  Agt. 

THE  S.  A.  LOON  CO. 

UNLIMITED. 
MAKERS  AND  DEALERS  IN  ALL  KINDS  OF 

CRIME,  CRIMINALS  AND  SUFFERING. 

We  beg  leave  to  announce  that  with  our  increased 
facilities  we  are  now  making  over  three-fourths  of  all 
the  murderers,  thieves,  paupers,  harlots  and  lunatics  in 
the  market.  We  mean  to  drive  every  other  institution 
from  the  land  and  absolutely  monopolize  the  manu- 
facture. 


54  THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 

N.  B.  —  Rooms  in  jails,  alms-houses  and  asylums  se- 
cured for  our  customers  in  advance.  A  large  lot  of 
broken  hearts  and  crushed  hopes  taken  in  exchange  for 
our  work,  will  be  closed  out  cheap.    No  offer  refused. 

"  While  the  wording  of  the  card  is  somewhat  un- 
usual, I  think  it  is  truthful ;  and  now,  my  suggestion 
is  that  we  issue  as  many  thousand  of  these  cards  as 
may  be  necessary  for  distribution  where  they  will  do 
the  most  good.  They  might  be  distributed  among 
the  churches  and  Sunday  Schools,  but  I  think  that 
they  ought  to  be  handed  out  to  men  and  boys  who 
frequent  the  saloons.  I  believe  if  a  young  man  stood 
down  at  the  ferries  and  at  the  bridge,  and  distributed 
these  cards  to  the  men  coming  home,  many  a  work- 
ingman  would  be  helped  to  pass  the  saloon  in  safety. 
Do  you  know  it  is  an  awful  temptation  for  working- 
men  to  come  over  the  ferry  and  walk  up  the  street 
to  their  homes?  After  leaving  the  ferry  the  first 
house  they  come  to  is  a  saloon,  and  the  one  next  to 
that  is  a — saloon,  while  the  third  one  is  a — saloon. 
Then  the  saloons  begin  to  thin  out  somewhat,  but  if 
the  workingman  has  to  walk  a  half  dozen  blocks  or 
more,  he  will  have  to  pass  from  fifteen  to  twenty 
saloons.  Suppose  he  gets  past  the  first  three  all 
right,  by  the  time  he  reaches  the  tenth  or  fourteenth, 
the  temptation  has  taken  such  a  hold  on  him  that  it 
has  become  irresistible  and  he  goes  in  and  takes  a 
drink.  He  adds  his  little  to  swell  the  $15,000,000 
income  of  the  liquor  dealers,  while  his  own  wife  and 


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little  ones  go  without  many  of  the  necessities  of  life 
and  content  themselves  with  bare  floors  in  a  cheap 
tenement.  I  say  we  have  had  too  much  saloon  al- 
ready  in  Brooklyn,  and  now  the  time  has  come  when 
the  saloon  must  go." 

"Amen!"  shouted  the  Band.  "It  must  and  it 
shall." 

"  I  think  your  suggestion  a  good  one,"  said  the 
chairman,  addressing  Bradley,  "  and  you  are  author- 
ized to  go  ahead  and  procure  the  cards  and  use  them 
to  the  best  advantage." 

"Thank  you,"  said  Bradley.  "  Here  is  a  chart  of 
a  section  of  this  city  around  the  City  Hall.  The 
black  spots  represent  saloons.  What  a  satire  upon 
the  City  of  Churches  !  There  is  another  matter  of 
which  I  wish  to  speak.  When  the  mayor  and  police 
commissioner  claimed  that  the  Sunday  law  was  en- 
forced in  this  city,  everybody,  who  paid  any  atten- 
tion to  the  matter  at  all,  knew  that  the  law  was 
being  violated  continually  and  without  any  effort  at 
restraint.  On  Sunday,  August  nth,  I  stationed  my- 
self at  several  points  to  observe  the  condition  of  af- 
fairs. On  the  corner  of  Atlantic  avenue  and  Henry 
street  I  watched  for  six  minutes,  and  during  that 
time  I  saw  four  men  enter  the  saloon  and  one  woman 
come  out  carrying  a  pail  of  beer.  There  was  also  a 
girl  about  thirteen  years  old  who  came  out  with  a 
pail  of  beer.  On  the  corner  of  Hicks  and  Harrison 
streets  I  stood  for  ten  minutes,  and  during  that  time 


BSS= 


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nine  people  entered  the  saloon.  Seven  of  them  car- 
ried empty  pails  and  soon  came  out  with  the  pails 
full  of  beer,  evidently.  One  of  these  persons  was  a 
boy  about  twelve  years  old.  I  went  to  other  places, 
but  I  will  not  tire  you  with  the  testimony,  as  it 
would  be  but  a  repetition.  Now,  sir,  it  is  evident 
that  not  only  the  Sunday  law  was  violated,  but  also 
the  law  prohibiting  the  sale  of  liquor  to  children. 
In  the  face  of  these  facts  I  submit  the  following 
scheme :  I  propose  to  post  on  each  door  of  the  sa- 
loons this  notice  : 

1.  The  law  forbids  the  sale  of  liquor  to  children. 

2.  The  law  forbids  the  sale  of  liquor  on  Sundays. 

3.  Parents  or  guardians  will  be  held  as  accessory 
when  children  act  as  conveyors. 

4.  Persons  found  purchasing  liquor  at  unlawful 
times  will  be  held  as  accessory. 

5.  Persons  seen  entering  this  saloon  at  unlawful 
times  are  liable  to  arrest  as  suspicious  characters. 

6.  The  city  officials  request  the  assistance  of  all 
law-abiding  people  in  the  enforcement  of  these  laws. 

Signed  by  (Mayor)  and  (Police  Commissioner.)" 
At  the  mention  of  the  city  officials  the  members 
of  the  Band  showed  a  tendency  to  laugh. 

"  That  is  all  right,"  continued  Bradley.  "I  don't 
wonder  you  smile.  Of  course,  I  do  not  expect  to 
accomplish  this  at  present ;  but  after  the  election 
next  month,  we  may  have  officials  who  will  be  will- 
ing to  pass  such  an  ordinance  and  sign  it.    At  any 


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rate,  I  think  it  worth  trying." 

"So  do  I,  Mr.  Bradley,"  said  Harrington.  "  I 
think  the  scheme  excellent." 

A  member  of  the  law  enforcement  division  arose 
and  addressed  the  Chairman.  "  I  have  here,"  said 
he,  "  a  copy  of  the  questions  which  the  Good  Citi- 
zenship Committee  has  sent  to  the  different  candi- 
dates ;  and  the  candidate,  without  regard  to  party, 
who  refuses  to  reply  to  the  questions,  or  fails  to 
meet  the  requirements  of  our  principles,  will  lose 
the  Christian  Endeavor  votes,  as  well  as  the  votes 
of  a  great  many  who  are  not  members  of  our  organi- 
zation, but  who  sympathize  with  us.  The  questions 
are  as  follows : 

1.  Do  you  believe  in  God  and  recognize  His  right 
to  rule  in  the  affairs  of  men? 

2.  Do  you  believe  in  maintaining  Sunday  as  a  day 
of  rest  and  worship  ? 

3.  Do  you  believe  the  saloon  to  be  a  menace  to 
good  government,  and  that  its  influence  should  be 
banished  from  politics  ? 

4.  Do  you  favor  all  laws  and  plans  which  will  les- 
sen the  evils  of  or  totally  annihilate  the  liquor  traffic  ? 

5.  Do  you  promise  to  use  your  influence  to  main- 
tain and  enforce  the  present  excise  law,  requiring 
the  saloons  to  be  closed  on  Sunday? 

6.  Do  you  solemnly  pledge  yourself  to  the  honest 
fulfilment  of  the  duties  pertaining  to  the  office  to 
which  you  may  be  elected  ? 


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Note. — A  prompt  reply  to  these  questions,  which 
as  our  candidate,  we  have  a  right  to  ask  you,  may 
win  for  you  many  votes. 

A  directed,  stamped  envelope  is  enclosed,  with 
a  set  of  the  questions  to  each  candidate." 

"  Suppose  they  refuse  to  answer,"  suggested 
another  member. 

"No  candidate  in  these  days,"  replied  Harring- 
ton, "  can  afford  to  ignore  the  Christian  Endeavor 
influence.  If,  perchance,  such  a  thing  should  hap- 
pen as  that  all  of  the  candidates  should  refuse  to 
answer  any  of  the  questions,  and  the  Endeavorers 
had  no  other  way  of  ascertaining  the  requisite  in- 
formation, and  therefore,  should  refuse  to  vote,  it 
would  probably  throw  the  saloon  element  into 
greater  power  than  at  present  even.  This,  I  think, 
would  arouse  such  a  wrave  of  indignation  on  the  part 
of  the  better  class  that  they  would  rise  up  and  prac- 
tically wash  the  gang  off  the  face  of  the  earth.  This 
leads  me  to  suggest  that  every  Endeavorer  ought  to 
join  his  favorite  political  organization  and  see  that 
only  the  best  men  are  nominated.  Such  a  course 
would  save  a  great  deal  of  valuable  time  and  labor, 
which  we  have  to  employ  now." 

"  When  we  are  able  to  put  our  own  candidates  in- 
to the  field  and  elect  them,"  said  Duncan,  "  it  will 
be  a  big  improvement  upon  our  present  govern- 
ment. I  would  urge  every  young  man  to  follow  our 
leader's  suggestion  and  identify  himself  with  the 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


political   organization    and    use   his  influence  for 
Christian  Endeavor  principles.    The  young  ladies 
in  the  societies,  while  they  are  not  yet  allowed  to 
vote,  can,  nevertheless,  use  their  influence  in  win 
ning  votes  for  our  Endeavor  cause." 

''Speaking  of  the  ladies,"  said  a  tall  young  man 
of  the  church  division,  "  brings  me  to  my  feet.  I 
have  been  very  much  interested  in  this  subject — the 
power  of  the  women — and  I  am  firmly  convinced 
that  many  young  men  get  their  first  taste  of  liquor 
from  the  hands  of  young  ladies  in  society.  The 
young  ladies  offer  it  to  the  young  men  because  they 
think  the  young  men  like  it  ;  while  the  young  men 
take  because  they  think  the  young  ladies  want  them 
to ;  while  in  reality,  each  would  be  willing  to  drop 
the  custom  if  the  other  would  not  mind.  I  hope 
the  young  ladies  in  our  societies  will  use  their  in- 
fluence with  the  society  leaders  to  abolish  the  evil 
custom.  We  shall  then  gain  more  rapidly  in  our 
temperance  work." 

"  Some  young  ladies,"  said  another  member,  "  like 
to  have  their  wine  and  liquor  as  well  as  the  men  do. 
I  know  some  very  nice  girls— and  members  of  the 
church,  but  fortunately,  not  members  of  the  Christ- 
ian Endeavor  Society — who  have  their  wine  every 
day.  They  believe  with  Paul,  that  a  little  wine  for 
the  stomach's  sake  is  good — although  they  are  in  no 
sense  invalids." 

"  Then,"  said  Bradley.  "  they  ought  to  agree  with 


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another  of  Paul's  ideas — that  if  drinking  wine  maketh 
my  brother  to  offend,  I  will  drink  no  more  wine — 
not  while  it  produces  eighty  per  cent,  of  the  crime 
and  suffering  in  this  world.  O,  that  men  and  women 
would  learn  to  know  the  Lord,  who  came  into  this 
world  not  to  please  Himself,  but  to  give  Himself  a 
sacrifice  for  others." 

"  Gentlemen  of  the  Band,"  said  Harrington,  rising 
from  his  seat,  "  I  believe  we  have  made  a  good  start 
to-night,  but  the  plans  we  have  adopted  will  do  no 
good  unless  they  are  put  into  practice.  So  now, 
then,  to  the  work  !  '  Let  us  go  up  at  once  and  pos- 
sess it,  for  we  are  well  able  to  overcome  it.'  '  Arise, 
therefore,  and  be  doing,  and  the  Lord  be  with  thee.'  " 


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CHAPTER  VI. 


RESCUE  WORK. 

"  Horace,"  said  Mrs.  Berg  as  she  heard  the  front 
door  bell  ring,  "  some  of  the  Endeavorers  are  com- 
ing this  evening  and  will  sing  for  us.  They  have  a 
male  quartette  and  your  father  heard  them  sing  the 
other  night,  and  he  said  they  sang  well.  You  used 
to  sing  a  great  deal  and  we  thought  that  you  would 
like  to  hear  some  music." 

"  Going  to  sing  hymns,  I  suppose,"  replied  Horace. 
"  Well,  they've  got  me  this  time,  because  I  can't 
walk.    Tell  'em  to  make  it  short." 

Horace  was  growing  rather  impatient  because  of 
his  confinement  to  the  house.  His  leg  was  begin- 
ning to  mend,  but  he  was  anxious  to  get  out  with 
his  companions.  One  or  two  of  them  had  called  to 
see  him,  having  read  the  account  of  the  accident  in 
the  papers.  He  could  not  help,  however,  contrast- 
ing the  manner  and  appearance  of  his  cronies  with 
the  Endeavorers  who  came  to  see  him.  He  wished 
more  than  once  that  he  was  different  from  himself, 
but,  alas,  while  the  spirit  was  willing  his  flesh  was 
exceedingly  weak,  and  he  gave  it  up,  and  was  ready 
to  return  to  his  haunts.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Berg  had 


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63 


consulted  with  Mr.  Duncan  and  it  was  agreed  that 
Duncan  should  bring  some  of  his  friends  and  hold  a 
meeting  in  Horace's  presence.  It  was  Duncan  who 
had  just  rung  the  bell.  He  was  to  lead  the  meeting 
and  was  the  first  to  arrive.  He  went  over  to  where 
Horace  was  reclining  and  shook  his  hand  heartily. 

"  I'm  glad  to  see  you  looking  so  well,  to-night," 
said  Duncan. 

"  Thanks,"  said  Horace.  "  I  suppose  I'm  doing 
the  best  I  can  under  the  circumstances.  But  I  wish 
I  was  out  o'  here." 

"  You  mustn't  get  discouraged  ;  you'll  shortly  be 
out  again,  if  you  don't  try  to  walk  too  soon." 

The  different  ones  began  to  arrive  and  by  eight 
o'clock  all  who  were  coming  were  there.  With  rare 
good  tact  Duncan  did  not  refer  in  any  way  to  the 
proposed  prayer  meeting,  but  when  the  young  men 
were  assembled  and  had  been  introduced,  he  turned 
to  Horace  and  said : 

"  I  heard  that  you  were  fond  of  singing  and  so  I 
asked  these  young  men  to  come  around  and  sing. 
We  Endeavorers  feel  very  proud  of  our  male  quar- 
tette. They  have  several  new  songs  which  they  are 
practicing,  and  if  you  don't  object  they  can  rehearse 
them  here." 

"  Oh,  I  suppose  I  can  stand  it  if  the  rest  can,"  re- 
plied Horace.  "  I  used  to  be  something  of  a  singer 
myself,  but — eh — I — well,  this  climate  don't  seem  to 
agree  with  my  throat  and  I  haven't  done  much  sing- 


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ing  lately.    But  tell  your  friends  to  fire  away." 

In  order  to  awaken  some  interest  on  the  part  of 
Horace  the  quartette  sang  several  popular  songs, 
among  them  being  one  of  his  favorites,  the  1  Sol- 
diers* Farewell.'  When  he  found  they  could  sing 
something  besides  church  tunes,  he  brightened  up 
and  asked  for  different  airs,  with  which  he  was 
familiar. 

"  I  thought  you  fellers  didn't  know  anything  but 
hymns,"  he  said. 

"  Oh,  yes,"  replied  Duncan,  "we  know  a  good 
many  things,  you  see.  Suppose  we  try  a  song  with 
which  we  are  all  familiar.  How  would  '  The  Old 
Folks  at  Home  '  do  ?  Let  us  all  join  in  and  sing 
it." 

After  the  singing  of  that  piece,  in  which  Horace 
tried  to  join,  Duncan  said,  taking  a  small  Testament 
from  his  pocket : 

"  While  the  quartette  is  resting  let  me  read  a  por- 
tion of  Scripture." 

"  Well,"  said  Horace,  "  I  thought  you  fellers 
would  get  around  to  it  ;  you  have  to  bring  religion 
into  everything." 

"  If  we  had  more  religion  in  our  affairs  we  would 
have  less  trouble  in  our  lives,"  replied  Duncan.  "  I 
will  read  the  first  chapter  of  first  John:  'That 
which  was  from  the  beginning,  which  we  have 
heard,  which  we  have  seen  with  our  eyes,  which  we 
have  looked  upon,  and  our  hands  have  handled,  of 


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the  Word  of  life ;  (for  the  life  was  manifested,  and 
we  have  seen  it,  and  bear  witness,  and  show  unto 
you  that  eternal  life,  which  was  with  the  Father,  and 
was  manifested  unto  us ;)  that  which  we  have  seen 
and  heard  declare  we  unto  you,  that  ye  also  may 
have  fellowship  with  us :  and  truly  our  fellowship  is 
with  the  Father,  and  with  his  Son,  Jesus  Christ. 
And  these  things  write  we  unto  you,  that  your  joy 
may  be  full. 

"  1  This  then  is  the  message  which  we  have  heard 
of  him,  and  declare  unto  you,  that  God  is  light,  and 
in  him  is  no  darkness  at  all.  If  we  say  that  we  have 
fellowship  with  him,  and  walk  in  darkness,  we  lie, 
and  do  not  the  truth  ;  but  if  we  walk  in  the  light,  as 
he  is  in  the  light,  we  have  fellowship  one  with  an_ 
other,  and  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  his  Son, 
cleanseth  us  from  all  sin.  If  we  say  that  we  have 
no  sin,  we  deceive  ourselves,  and  the  truth  is  not  in 
us.  If  we  confess  our  sins,  he  is  faithful  and  just  to 
forgive  us  our  sins,  and  to  cleanse  us  from  all  un- 
righteousness. If  we  say  that  we  have  not  sinned, 
we  make  him  a  liar,  and  his  word  is  not  in  us.' 

"To  be  blind,"  continued  Duncan,  "  is  one  of  the 
greatest  misfortunes  which  we  can  have.  We  may 
lose  a  leg,  or  both  of  them,  and  >et  be  able  to  see 
and  appreciate  the  beauty  around  us  ;  but  if  we  lose 
our  eyesight  all  beauty  is  gone,  and  we  have  to 
grope  our  way  about  in  darkness.  Though  the  sun 
be  shining  ever  so  brightly  it  is  all  dark  to  us.  Two 


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men  are  heard  talking.  One  who  can  see  says 
4  How  bright  and  beautiful  the  day  is;'  the  blind 
man  says,  '  You  don't  know  what  you  are  talking 
about ;  it  is  dark  and  discouraging.'  But  he  who 
can  see  knows  whereof  he  speaks.  There  are  two 
kinds  of  blindness :  physical  and  spiritual.  God  is 
the  light  of  the  spiritual  world,  even  as  the  sun  is 
the  light  of  the  physical  world.  The  Christian  says, 
'  How  glorious  is  the  light  of  the  gospel,'  but  the  in- 
fidel says,  1  You  are  mistaken  ;  everything  is  dark 
and  uncertain.'  But  the  Christian  knows  whereof 
he  speaks.  *  That  which  we  have  seen  and  heard 
declare  we  unto  you,'  'God  is  light.  *  *  *  If 
we  say  that  we  have  fellowship  with  him,  and  walk 
in  darkness,  we  lie.'  Many  a  poor  soul  groping 
about  in  darkness  has  stumbled  into  a  ray  of  light, 
in  which  he  saw  God  and  ever  after  believed  in  Him. 
Thank  God,  there  is  no  place  so  dark  but  that  the 
rays  of  His  divine  love  can  shine  into  it  and  glorify 
it.  No  sinner  has  such  a  dark  heart  but  that  the 
love  of  God  will  brighten  it.  All  we  have  to  do  is 
to  just  open  our  hearts  to  Him  and  He  will  fill  them 
with  the  brightness  of  His  image.  How  happy  the 
world  would  be  if  filled  with  the  sunshine  of  God's 
everlasting  love.  I'm  going  to  ask  the  quartette  to 
sing  the  song,  •  Scatter  Sunshine.'  " 

The  quartette  sang  with  a  great  deal  of  earnest- 
ness, and  Horace  seemed  to  be  deeply  absorbed  in 
thought  while  Duncan  had  been  speaking. 


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"  I've  asked  Mr.  Forsythe  to  come  up  to-night  and 
speak  about  his  life,"  said  Duncan. 
Mr.  Forsythe  arose  and  said : 

"  Friends,  I  want  to  testify  to  what  the  light  of 
God  has  done  for  me.  I've  been  a  sailor  for  nigh  on 
to  forty  years.  I've  sailed  into  nearly  every  port  in 
this  world,  and  now,  praise  the  Lord,  I'm  sailin' 
straight  for  the  port  above.  I  ran  away  to  sea  when 
I  was  a  boy,  and  I  learned  to  drink  and  curse  and 
carry  on  with  the  boys  until  I  was  qualified  to  be- 
come their  leader  in  everything  that  was  bad. 
Praise  the  Lord,  I'm  going  to  be  a  leader  for  good 
things  hereafter.  I've  been  a  Christian  now  for  one 
year,  four  months  and  sixteen  days.  I  came  into 
this  port  at  that  time  and  went  ashore  and  got 
drunk.  I  got  into  a  fight  with  another  sailor  and 
was  arrested.  I've  been  arrested  before  and  have 
served  my  time  in  jail ;  but  this  time  I  only  had  ten 
days  in  prison.  When  I  got  out  my  ship  had  sailed, 
and  I  had  no  friends  and  no  money.  I  had  heard 
of  the  Floating  Bethel,  and  I  went  down  there.  The 
captain  gave  me  a  hearty  welcome,  and  I  was  sur- 
prised at  the  friendship  showed  me  by  the  others. 
There  was  some  nice  lookin'  fellows  sittin'  on  the 
platform,  and  after  awhile  they  made  speeches  and 
told  about  God  and  His  love.  Then  they  had  some 
more  singing,  and  most  of  the  sailors  seemed  to 
know  the  tunes,  for  they  sang  hard.  Then  the  cap. 
tain  talked  awhile  and  wanted  us  all  to  sign  the 


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pledge  and  quit  drinkin.'  One  sailor  got  up  and 
told  about  his  life,  and  what  an  awful  drunkard  he'd 
been ;  how  he'd  signed  the  pledge,  and  now  was 
happy  and  saving  money,  instead  of  sleepin'  in  the 
gutters  and  givin'  his  money  to  them  boardin'  house 
runners  and  saloon  keepers.  Then  some  more  got 
up  and  told  what  the  pledge  and  Jesus  Christ  had 
done  for  them.  Then  some  one  wanted  to  sing 
*  Where  is  my  wanderin'  boy  to-night.'  I  tell  you, 
that  song  touched  my  heart.  I  knowed  my  old 
mother  had  spent  many  sleepless  nights  for  me.  I 
began  to  fidget  around  in  my  seat  and  wished  I  was 
out  of  there.  But  I'd  never  been  a  coward  before, 
and  I  wasn't  goin'  to  git  up  and  show  them  fellows 
that  I  couldn't  stay  the  meetin'  out.  So  I  sat  still 
and  fidgeted.  The  more  them  fellows  told  how 
happy  they  was  since  keepin'  the  pledge,  the  more 
fidgety  I  got.  Then  two  or  three  raised  their  hands 
to  be  prayed  for,  and  one  went  up  front  to  sign  the 
pledge.  The  captain  got  up  and  says :  '  Now,  boys, 
don't  let  the  devil  keep  you  back.  You  know  what 
it  is  to  be  drunk  and  homeless,  and  it  don't  pay. 
Just  give  your  heart  to  Jesus  and  let  Him  keep  you 
from  the  gin-mill  and  the  jail.  If  you  have  no  bunk 
to  sleep  in,  come  in  here  and  pick  out  three  or  four 
of  these  wooden  chairs  and  use  the  soft  side  of  them 
for  a  bunk.  No  sailor  boy  was  ever  turned  away 
from  here.  We  don't  want  your  money,  but  we 
want  you  to  sign  the  pledge  and  keep  it.  Now, 


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maybe  some  is  hangin'  back,  afraid  to  come  up. 
Jesus  Christ  is  captain  of  this  boat,  and  He  says  for 
you  boys  to  come  up  on  deck,  where  you  belong. 
There  are  several  newcomers  in  here  to-night,  and 
he  wants  them  to  come.  Now,  boys,  when  the  cap- 
tain says  come,  you  know  what  it  is  to  disobey.  We 
will  sing  a  verse  of  the  song  '  A  little  talk  with  Jesus 
makes  it  right,'  and  I  want  every  one  of  you  boys 
that  hasn't  signed  the  pledge  to  come  right  up  here 
and  sign  it.' 

"  Well,  friends,  I  couldn't  stand  it  any  longer,  so 
I  jest  got  up  and  signed  that  pledge,  and  one  of 
them  gentlemen  on  the  platform  talked  to  me  about 
Jesus,  and  said,  if  we  confessed  our  sins  He  was 
faithful  and  just  to  forgive  us  our  sins  and  cleanse 
us  from  all  unrighteousness  ;  and  I  promised  to  give 
him  my  heart.  That  was  one  year,  four  months  and 
sixteen  days  ago,  and  I  aint  ever  touched  a  drop  of 
liquor  since.  I've  got  my  family  back  with  me. 
We  are  living  in  a  little,  but  comfortable  home,  and 
I  am  puttin'  some  money  in  the  bank  every  week. 
That's  better  than  sleepin'  in  the  gutter  and  havin' 
your  face  all  covered  with  scratches  and  patches. 
I  have  seen  the  light  and  am  walkin'  in  it  the  best  I 
know  how.    Praise  the  Lord." 

As  soon  as  Mr.  Forsythe  had  stopped  speaking, 
Duncan  gave  out  the  hymn  "  Throw  out  the  Life- 
Line,"  and  it  was  sung  with  a  great  deal  of  expres- 
sion. 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


"  Throw  out  the  Life-Line  across  the  dark  wave, 
There  is  a  brother  whom  some  one  should  save  ; 
Somebody's  brother  !    Oh,  who  then  will  dare 
To  throw  out  the  Life-Line,  his  peril  to  share." 

CHORUS. 

"  Throw  out  the  Life-Line  !    Throw  out  the  Life-Line  ! 

Some  one  is  drifting  away  ; 
Throw  out  the  Life- Line  !    Throw  out  the  Life-Line  ! 

Some  one  is  sinking  to-day." 

Horace  had  been  an  attentive  listener,  and  the 
young  men  were  beginning  to  hope  his  heart  had 
been  touched.  They  put  their  best  effort  into  the 
last  verse : 

"  Soon  will  the  season  of  rescue  be  o'er, 

Soon  will  they  drift  to  eternity's  shore  ; 

Haste  then,  my  brother,  no  time  for  delay, 

But  throw  out  the  Life-Line  and  save  them  to-day." 

A  tear  rolled  down  Horace's  cheek,  but  he  quickly 
brushed  it  away,  with  the  remark :  "  This  room  is  so 
  hot  that  it  makes  me  perspire  in  the  eyes." 

His  parents  looked  shocked  and  the  young  men 
were  amazed. 

"  My  son,"  said  his  mother  as  she  opened  the  win- 
dow, "  if  you  had  wanted  more  air  you  might  have 
asked  in  a  more  gentlemanly  manner." 

To  this  Horace  made  no  reply,  but  turned  his  face 
towards  the  wall. 

"  I  think,"  said  Mr.  Duncan,  "  that  we  might  have 
a  word  of  prayer  and  then  we  will  go  home,  as  no 


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doubt  it  is  getting  late,"  and  kneeling  beside  the  bed 
whereon  Horace  lay,  he  prayed  earnestly : 

"  Dear  Father,  the  heavens  declare  thy  glory  and 
the  firmament  showeth  thy  handiwork ;  yet  how 
often  does  man,  created  in  thine  image,  forget  thee 
and  wander  away  to  the  paths  of  sin  and  darkness. 
We  thank  thee  for  thy  mercy  which  endureth  for- 
ever, and  thy  loving  kindness  which  endureth 
throughout  all  generations.  Thou  art  the  same  yes- 
terday, to-day  and  forever,  and  into  thy  hands  we 
commit  ourselves  for  safe  keeping.  Thou  knowest 
the  dangers  that  surround  us  and  the  temptations 
which  beset  us.  Especially  do  we  ask  thy  blessing 
upon  this  household.  Comfort  and  strengthen  the 
father  and  mother  in  their  trials  and  in  their  anxiety 
for  the  welfare  of  their  sons.  Give  them  faith  and 
patience  and  the  blessed  companionship  of  thy  holy 
spirit.  Let  the  light  of  thy  love  shine  into  the 
hearts  of  the  young  men,  that  they  may  behold  thy 
righteousness  and  the  beauty  of  holiness.  Give 
them  an  understanding  heart  that  they  may  know 
the  Lord  and  serve  Him  the  remainder  of  their 
days.  Be  very  near,  our  Father,  to  this  young  man 
in  his  affliction.  Thou,  who  art  the  Great  Physician, 
heal  the  broken  limb  and  restore  the  health  and 
strength  ofhis  body  and  mind  and  soul.  O,  we  be- 
seech Thee,  to  let  the  softening  influences  of  thy 
spirit  touch  his  heart  and  cause  him  to  forsake  the 
evil  ways,  to  realize  that  the  only  life  worth  living  is 


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for  the  glory  of  Christ.  Help  us  all  to  realize  this 
and  to  show  it  in  our  lives,  and  all  we  would  ask, 
with  the  forgiveness  of  our  sins,  is  in  Jesus'  name. 
Amen." 

Horace  was  asleep,  or  pretended  to  be,  when  the 
young  men  arose  and  said  good  night.  Mr.  Berg 
followed  the  young  men  to  the  door.  As  he  shook 
hands  with  the  last  one  he  said  : 

"  God  bless  you,  Mr.  Duncan  ;  I  can't  thank  you 
enough  for  your  kindness  to  us." 

"  Have  patience,  Mr.  Berg,"  he  replied.  "Your 
son's  heart  has  been  much  hardened,  but  I  think  it 
opened  a  little  this  evening.    Good  night." 

The  next  morning  one  of  Horace's  chums  called 
to  see  him. 

"  Hello,  old  man,  how's  the  leg  getting  along?" 

"  Oh,  I  guess  it's  growing,"  was  Horace's  reply. 

"Well,  I  hope  you'll  be  out  soon.  We  miss  you 
around  at  the  club.  Suppose  we  were  to  bring  a 
carriage  around  for  you  some  evening,  couldn't  you 
come  with  us  for  the  night?" 

"  No,  I  guess  not  just  yet,"  said  Horace.  "  I 
don't  want  to  take  any  chances.  It's  bad  enough  to 
be  kept  in  and  I  don't  want  to  have  to  do  it  all  over 
again.  I'd  like  mighty  well  to  get  out  of  here, 
though." 

"  Don't  suppose  the  old  man  will  give  you  a 
drink,  will  he?" 

"  No,  I  ain't  had  a  drop  now  since  I  was  hurt." 


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"  I  thought  as  much.  I've  got  a  little  of  the  pure 
stuff  here  in  my  flask,  if  you  want  to  take  a  pull  at 
it." 

"  Thanks.  Don't  care  if  I  do,"  said  Horace. 
"  Sh — here  comes  the  old  lady — let  me  have  it 
quick." 

Horace  put  the  whiskey  flask  to  his  mouth  and 
hurriedly  took  a  swallow,  and  handed  the  bottle 
back  before  his  mother  entered  the  room.  She  took 
a  seat  near  the  window  and  began  to  read.  After  a 
rather  desultory  conversation  his  friend  went  away, 
promising  to  put  in  a  good  word  for  Horace  at  the 
club. 

Mrs.  Berg  asked  a  few  questions  about  the  caller 
but  found  that  Horace  was  inclined  to  be  flighty  in 
his  remarks,  and  noticing  his  face  was  slightly 
flushed,  she,  with  quick  mother-wit,  suspected  that 
his  friend  had  brought  him  whiskey.  That  after- 
noon Horace  had  a  good  sleep  and  awoke  in  the 
evening  feeling  the  worse  for  his  drink. 

"  What  a  blamed  fool  I  am,"  he  thought,  as  he 
lay  there  in  the  dark  after  the  rest  had  retired.  "  I 
wish  I  was  able  to  quit  this  drinking  business.  What 
a  sweet  looking  cuss  that  Tim  Murphy  was  this 
morning.  I  wonder  if  I  look  like  him.  So  the  boys 
miss  me  at  the  club,  do  they?  Well,  if  I  could 
shake  the  whole  lot  of  them  I'd  do  it.  It  don't 
pay — this  sort  of  thing.  If  I  hadn't  touched  whiskey 
I  wouldn't  be  lying  here  with  a  broken  leg  and  a 


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swelled  head.  If  I  could  stop  it,  I'd  never  touch 
another  drop.  The  cursed  stuff !  I  used  to  sing  as 
good  as  any  of  them  chaps  that  was  here  last  nighty 
but  now  my  voice  is  all  gone.  Whiskey  done  it. 
My  stomach,  too,  is  burnt  out.  Whiskey  done  it. 
Look  at  my  face — all  bloated.  Whiskey  done  it. 
My  eyes  all  blood-shot.  Whiskey — oh,  the  devil 
take  the  whiskey !  I'm  done  with  it.  And  Tim 
had  to  go  and  bring  me  a  bottle  of  the  stuff  here  in 
the  house.  He's  a  nice  kind  of  friend  to  have. 
Duncan  wouldn't  have  done  anything  like  that.  I 
wish  I  could  see  that  sailor  again.  I'd  like  to  talk 
with  him.  So  he  signed  the  pledge.  I  wonder  what 
kind  of  a  pledge  it  was."  Horace  thought  over  the 
words  of  the  sailor  and  what  had  been  said  about 
God  forgiving  sins.  He  recalled  the  prayer  and  the 
Great  Physician.  In  a  moment  he  clenched  his  fist 
and  sat  up  in  bed.  "  I'll  do  it !  "  he  said  to  himself. 
"  If  I  get  well  and  get  out  of  here,  I'm  going  straight 
down  to  that  Bethel  and  sign  that  pledge.  If  God 
will  help  that  sailor,  He'll  help  me  make  a  man  of 
myself.  Yes,  sir,  I'll  do  it,  as  sure  as  my  name  is 
Horace  Berg."  He  laid  back  again  upon  his  pillow 
with  a  feeling  of  peace  which  he  had  never  known 
before. 

In  the  adjoining  room,  Carl  and  his  wife  were 
awake,  each  busy  with  thoughts  of  the  young  man 
and  his  temptations. 

"  Maria,"  said  Carl,  softly,  "  do  you  know,  I  have 


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an  idea?  This  whiskey  business  is  a  great  curse.  I 
have  been  thinking  what  I  could  do  to  stop  it.  I 
can't  preach,  I  aint  fitted  for  it ;  but  the  Lord  has 
been  good  to  me  and  prospered  me  in  business. 
Now,  if  I  knew  of  some  one  who  could  conduct  the 
meetings  I'd  pay  the  expenses  of  a  Rescue  Mission." 

"  How  would  Mr.  Duncan  do?  "  said  Maria. 

"  No,  he  has  other  work ;  and  besides,  he  is  not 
the  kind.  The  sailor  who  was  here  would  do  better, 
because  he  has  been  through  all  the  experiences 
necessary  for  interesting  that  class  of  men.  No,  Mr. 
Duncan  wont  do'" 

"  Father!" 

"What  is  it,  my  son,"  said  Carl,  starting  up. 

"I'll  do  it." 

"  Do  what,  my  boy  ?  " 

"  Why,  run  the  Rescue  Mission  for  you.  I've  had 
all  the  experience  necessary,  and  I  have  determined 
to  follow  the  sailor's  plan  and  sign  the  pledge.  May- 
be I  can  be  of  some  use  in  the  world  yet,  God  help- 
ing me." 


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CHAPTER  VII. 

THE  CHURCH  AT  WORK. 

Gideon's  Band  was  beginning  to  attract  a  con- 
siderable amount  of  attention  on  account  of  the 
work  which  it  was  accomplishing.  Its  influence 
was  being  felt  and  many  people  were  applauding  its 
efforts.  The  possibility  of  a  City  of  Endeavor  was 
beginning  to  take  hold  of  the  Christian  community, 
and  the  churches  were  feeling  the  influences  of  the 
convention.  They  were  planning  an  active  cam- 
paign for  the  winter  and  revivals  were  being  held  in 
many  parts  of  the  city.  The  fact  that  there  was  an 
organized  body  of  Christians  determined  to  put 
down  the  evils  in  their  midst,  aroused  many  church 
members  to  the  fact  that  the  devil  didn't  have  a 
mortgage  on  everything,  and  they  became  inclined 
to  lend  a  hand  and  do  their  share  in  the  City  of  En- 
deavor. Many  Christians  who  had  been  apparently 
asleep  were  now  wide-awake  in  the  Master's  service. 
The  Band  met  regularly  to  report  upon  the  work 
accomplished  and  to  plan  other  campaigns.  One 
evening,  when  Harrington  had  called  the  meeting 
to  order,  he  said  : 

"  Gentlemen  of  the  Band  :  I  am  happy  in  being 


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able  to  announce  that  forty-five  more  young  men 
have  joined  our  number,  which  now  gives  us  ninety 
strong  workers  in  each  division.  Applications  are 
coming  in  constantly,  which  is  an  encouraging  sign 
of  the  times.  Our  church  division  has  something 
good  in  store  for  us  this  evening,  and  I  am  going  to 
give  Mr.  Duncan  the  floor  and  let  him  outline  to  us 
his  ideas  on  church  work." 

Mr.  Duncan  arose  and  was  received  with  a  hearty 
applause. 

"  I  am  glad  to  say  that  our  church  division  is 
meeting  with  some  success.  The  spirit  of  unity  is 
spreading  over  the  city  and  the  churches  are  more 
closely  bound  together  in  the  ties  of  fellowship. 
They  are  beginning  to  realize  that  a  united  effort 
will  remove  a  greater  obstacle  than  by  pulling  apart. 
One  man  alone  cannot  lift  a  heavy  load,  but  three 
men  together  can  remove  it.  One  denomination 
alone  cannot  lift  the  evil  in  our  midst,  but  all  de- 
nominations working  together  can  remove  it  and 
thereby  purify  our  city.  It  is  an  encouraging  sign — 
this  bond  of  unity. 

"  A  meeting  has  been  called,  to  which  each  de- 
nomination will  send  a  representative.  These  men 
will  plan  a  line  of  aggressive  work  against  the  workers 
of  iniquity  ;  and  it  is  expected  that  each  church  will 
then  take  up  this  work  and  carry  it  on.  Formerly, 
when  each  denomination,  and  I  was  going  to  say 
each  church  in  the  denomination,  was  seeking  to 


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build  up  its  own  reputation,  and  cared  not  whether 
the  rest  of  the  world  went  to  perdition,  or  the  cause 
of  Christ  made  any  progress,  outside  of  its  own  lit- 
tle circle,  then  the  devil  had  an  easy  time  of  it ;  but 
now  that  the  churches  have  overcome  their  pride 
and  selfishness,  and  really  desire  to  see  the  kingdom 
of  God  come,  and  are  willing  to  lay  aside  the  petty 
differences  which  separate  them,  and  unite  upon  the 
grand  theme  that  Jesus  Christ  came  into  the  world 
to  save  not  only  the  Presbyterians  or  Baptists,  but 
whosoever  believeth  on  Him — now,  I  say,  his  Satanic 
Majesty  will  have  to  hustle  pretty  lively,  or  he  will 
be  out  of  a  job  in  Brooklyn. 

"  Another  encouraging  sign  is  the  increase  in  the 
number  of  Christian  Endeavor  Societies  since  the 
convention.  The  growth  has  been  rapid,  and  pastors 
who  did  not  before  believe  in  the  movement  have 
been  converted.  It  is  my  opinion  that  the  pastor  or 
church  which  does  not  approve  of  the  C.  E.  organi- 
zation will  soon  be  left  so  far  in  the  rear  that  it  will 
not  be  able  to  reach  to  the  commissary  department 
of  God's  advancing  army ;  and  being  unable  to  ob- 
tain the  necessary  food  for  maintenance,  will  linger 
until  the  coroner's  verdict  will  be — death  by  innocu- 
ous desuetude.  A  church,  to  live,  must  have  mem- 
bers— live  members  ;  it  must  have  new  members  to 
take  the  place  of  those  who  have  finished  their 
labors  here ;  it  must  have  young  members  to  train 
up  in  church  duties;  but  the  young  members  and 


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the  new  members  are  not  flocking  backward,  but  are 
advancing,  and  prefer  to  join  the  church  which  offers 
opportunities  for  accomplishing  the  greatest  results. 
To-day  the  church  has  no  greater  equipment  for  ag- 
gressive work  than  the  Society  of  Christian  En- 
deavor. God  pity  the  man  who  stands  in  the  way 
of  its  advancement. 

"  Many  pastors,  no  doubt,  are  honest  in  their  con- 
victions, and  think  they  are  doing  right  in  opposing 
or  withholding  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society  from 
their  churches;  but,  like  Saul,  they  will  suddenly 
see  a  great  light  from  heaven,  and  hear  a  voice  say- 
ing, *  Saul,  Saul,  why  persecutest  thou  me?'  for  if 
there  ever  was  a  God-given  movement,  the  Christian 
Endeavor  Society  is  one. 

"  Some  ministers  object  to  the  Society  because 
the  women  speak  in  meeting.  I  heard  one  of  these 
ministers  preach  a  sermon  in  the  first  part  of  which 
he  condemned  the  women  who  sat  on  the  platform 
and  spoke  in  a  public  meeting.  In  the  latter  part 
of  his  discourse  he  praised  the  women  who  went  into 
the  slums  of  the  city  to  rescue  their  fallen  sisters. 
Now,  sir,  I  contend  that  a  man  has  no  right  to  send 
a  woman  into  such  work  and  then  put  a  gag  in  her 
mouth  to  prevent  her  from  telling  of  her  work,  and 
thus  enlisting  more  workers  and  means  for  carrying 
it  on — and  no  one  can  tell  of  the  work  so  well  as  the 
one  who  is  doing  it.  These  ministers  base  their 
objections  upon  the  words  of  Paul:  1  Let  your  women 


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keep  silence  in  the  churches.'  It  may  be  that  the 
word  your  should  be  the,  which  might  apply  it  then 
to  other  women  than  the  Corinthian.  But  Paul  also 
said  :  1  Suffer  not  a  woman  to  teach,'  yet  these  same 
pastors  have  Sunday  Schools  in  which  the  women 
teachers  outnumber  the  men  two  to  one.  If  a  womar 
may  teach  a  class  of  six  young  men,  may  she  not 
enlarge  that  class  indefinitely?  If  she  may  teach 
sitting  down,  may  she  not  teach  standing  up,  if  she 
can  be  heard  to  better  advantage  ?  If  she  may  teach 
in  one  part  of  the  room,  may  she  not  in  another — 
even  if  that  be  upon  the  platform?  Your  church 
division,  Mr.  Chairman,  has  arranged  for  a  banquet 
to  which  has  been  invited  all  ministers  in  this  city 
who  have  no  C.  E.  Societies  in  their  churches.  Our 
object  is  to  discuss  the  work  of  the  organization, 
overcome,  if  possible,  their  objections,  and  establish 
new  societies. 

"  The  winter  season  is  now  approaching  and,  as 
heretofore,  there  will  be  many  poor  people  in  need 
of  assistance.  We  have  a  plan  to  propose  whereby 
the  needy  of  this  city  may  be  cared  for,  both  tem- 
porally and  spiritually.  Our  plan  is  very  simple 
and,  if  the  churches  will  use  it,  they  will  be  able  to 
provide  for  the  destitute,  and  at  the  same  time  carry 
the  gospel  to  neglected  homes  and  gradually  in- 
crease their  own  membership.  Our  Lord  had  no 
objection  to  feeding  the  famished  body  as  well  as 
the  hungry  soul,  and  we  believe  the  two  should  be 


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cared  for  together.  Our  plan  is  this :  divide  the 
city  into  as  many  districts  as  there  are  churches,  and 
then  let  each  church  look  after  one  district.  Each 
church  could  employ  a  Christian  visitor  to  call  upon 
the  families  in  its  district  and  thus  find  out  the 
needs  of  the  people.  This  would  also  give  an  op- 
portunity to  extend  an  invitation  to  attend  church 
and  to  sow  good  seed  for  the  Master's  harvest. 
This  would  do  away  with  promiscuous  begging,  ex- 
cept from  strangers  who  could  be  dealt  with  accor- 
dingly, and  would  eliminate  the  unworthy  class." 

"  I  would  like  to  ask  Mr.  Duncan,"  said  a  member 
of  the  newspaper  division,  "  what  the  smaller 
churches  are  to  do  which  cannot  afford  to  employ  a 
visitor." 

"  The  carrying  out  of  the  proposed  plan  necessi- 
tates the  united  effort  of  the  churches,  and  they 
which  are  strong  ought  to  bear  the  infirmities  of  the 
weak,"  replied  Duncan.  "  Home  missionary  work 
should  begin  at  home,  and  it  is  presumed  that  every 
church  has  some  missionary  spirit  and  some  funds 
for  that  work,  but  the  larger  churches  could  easily 
make  up  the  deficiency.  The  idea,  if  feasible  for 
this  city,  could  be  carried  out  in  other  cities,  and  if 
every  city  and  town  in  this  country  should  carry  out 
the  plan,  it  is  easy  to  imagine  what  the  grand  result 
would  be.  It  has  been  published  in  one  of  the  city 
papers  that  Brooklyn  has  10,500  manufactories  with 
109,000  employes,  to  whom  are  paid  $65,247,000  in 


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annual  wages,  or  about  $600  to  each  one.  Esti- 
mating in  the  usual  way,  that  is  five  persons  to  each 
family,  Brooklyn  would  have  200,000  families.  It 
would  be  a  low  estimate,  indeed,  to  say  that  each 
family  had  only  one  person  who  received  an  annual 
income  equal  to  the  factory  hand.  This  would 
mean  a  yearly  income  of  $120,000,000  for  the  people 
of  Brooklyn.  If  they  would  give  one-tenth  of  that 
to  the  Lord  we  should  have  the  magnificent  sum  of 
$12,000,000  a  year  for  the  cause  of  Christ." 

"  It  is  certainly  a  very  beautiful  idea,"  said  Har- 
rington, "  but  the  people  of  Brooklyn  are  not  all 
Christians  yet." 

"  I  am  well  aware  of  that,  Mr.  Chairman,"  replied 
Duncan,  "  but  we  are  now  a  City  of  Endeavor  and 
the  $12,000,000  is  worth  endeavoring  for  if  used  in 
so  good  a  cause." 

"All  Christians  do  not  believe  in  giving  a  tenth." 

"That  is  true,  also,"  said  Duncan.  "  Many  Chris- 
tians give  more  than  a  tenth,  which  is  proper,  but  I 
believe  that  every  follower  of  Jesus  Christ  ought  to 
be  willing  to  give  at  least  a  tenth  of  his  income  for 
the  cause  of  Christianity.  Some  people  would  insist 
that  the  widow  who  had  only  a  little  oil  and  meal 
for  herself  and  son  could  not  afford  to  give  one-tenth 
or  any  of  it  to  a  stranger,  but  she  gave  one-third  to 
the  Lord's  servant ;  and  that  cruse  of  oil  and  barrel 
of  meal  wasted  not,  nor  failed  during  the  famine. 
See  what  she  gained  by  being  generous  in  the  Lord's 


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S3 


wcyk.  Then  you  remember  the  widow  who  cast  in 
two  mites,  but  it  was  not  one-tenth ;  it  was  ten- 
tenths  which  she  gave  and  which  won  for  her  the 
Saviour's  benediction.  When  we  consider  these 
things  surely  we  can  afford  to  give  at  least  one-tenth 
of  our  income  for  the  advancement  of  the  cause  to 
which  we  owe  our  eternal  life.  One-tenth  is  a  very 
small  exchange  for  such  a  gift." 

"There  is  another  matter  concerning  our 
churches,"  continued  Duncan,  "  which  I  think  is  im- 
portant. The  observing  persons  will  see  that  the 
saloons  are  open  all  day  and  every  day  in  Brooklyn, 
while  the  churches  are  open  at  certain  hours  on  two 
and  sometimes  three  days  each  week.  In  other 
words  man — for  man  usually  carries  the  keys — man 
says,  you  may  go  to  the  devil  as  often  as  you  wish 
or  have  no  other  place  to  go,  but  once  or  twice  a 
week  is  often  enough  for  you  to  go  to  the  house  of 
God — you  ought  to  be  satisfied  with  that.  I  tell 
you  the  time  is  coming  when  the  temple  of  God  will 
be  open  to  everybody  at  any  time,  and  the  devil's 
den  shall  be  closed.  Shall  we  not  do  all  we  can  to 
hasten  the  coming  of  that  day? 

"  I  am  glad  to  announce  that  many  churches  are 
already  beginning  a  season  of  revival  meetings  with 
promises  of  an  abundant  harvest." 

"This  certainly  is  encouraging,"  said  Harrington 
when  Mr.  Duncan  had  taken  his  seat.  "A  thing 
'well  begun  is  half  done,'  and  I  congratulate  the 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


church  division  upon  the  excellent  beginning  it  has 
made.  The  newspaper  division  has  not  been  asleep 
and  I  am  sure  you  will  be  pleased  to  learn  that  our 
hopes  are  to  be  realized.  Our  division  has  been 
hard  at  work  arousing  the  interest  of  the  Christian 
community  in  the  matter  of  having  an  able  repre- 
sentative among  the  daily  papers.  The  wealthy 
men  in  all  denominations  have  been  approached  on 
the  subject  and  in  most  cases  have  agreed  to  con. 
tribute  a  certain  sum  annually  towards  the  running 
expenses  of  a  daily  paper,  in  which  the  Christian 
sentiment  shall  be  fearlessly  expressed.  The 
amount  pledged  is  sufficient  to  run  the  paper  with- 
out any  returns,  but  as  some  copies  will  be  sold  un- 
doubtedly, and  as  some  advertising  will  be  given  us 
at  least  by  the  Christian  merchants,  there  will  be  a 
surplus  each  year.  This  surplus,  of  course,  will  be 
increased  each  year  as  the  paper  gets  better  estab. 
lished  and  gets  upon  a  paying  basis.  The  surplus 
will  be  invested  each  year  until  in  the  course  of  time 
the  members  will  get  back  all  they  put  into  it,  and 
they  will  not  be  out  anything,  but  will  have  the 
added  satisfaction  of  having  established  an  important 
factor  in  the  advancement  of  good  government  and 
righteous  living.  We  shall  select  the  best  Christian 
writers  and  business  men  to  conduct  the  enterprise, 
so  that  we  are  moderately  confident  of  success.  This 
new  paper,  The  Christian  Endeavor  Express,  will 
make  its  bow  to  the  public  on  January  2d  next." 


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35 


The  applause  which  greeted  this  announcement 
lasted  fully  two  minutes.  Then  Mr.  Harrington 
continued  : 

"The  importance  of  this  paper  will  be  seen  when 
we  stop  to  think  of  the  treatment  which  we  receive 
now  from  the  press.  For  instance,  when  the  anti- 
Sunday  law  people  held  a  demonstration,  the  Brook- 
lyn Buzzard  contained  quite  an  account  of  it,  but 
omitted  to  mention  the  other  important  meeting  of 
the  Sunday  Law  Enforcement  Society,  thus  giving 
the  general  public  the  impression  that  everybody 
who  was  doing  anything  was  in  favor  of  the  open 
saloon.  Hereafter,  the  people  will  have  a  chance  to 
see  that  there  are  two  sides  to  the  question,  and  that 
the  Christian  Endeavor  people  have  a  voice  — and  a 
pretty  good  one,  too — in  the  subject  of  the  Sunday 
observance  and  other  important  topics.  We  shall 
proceed  to  show  up  the  inconsistencies  of  the  edi- 
torials in  the  Buzzard,  by  the  use  of  the  '  deadly 
parallel  column,'  how  it  says  one  day  that  the  law 
must  not  be  enforced,  and  the  next  day  it  says  the 
law  must  be  enforced.  Perhaps  its  editorials  are 
determined  by  the  amount  of  influence  which  it  ex- 
pects to  receive  from  one  side  or  the  other.  What 
this  community  needs  is  a  truthful,  consistent  and 
fearless  leader,  and  that  it  will  have  in  the  Christian 
Endeavor  Express. 

"  I  will  detain  you  to-night  but  a  little  longer.  I 
have  a  few  items  to  present  which  are  worth  con. 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


sidering.  We  have  been  hearing  a  great  deal  about 
the  $15,000,000  spent  annually  in  the  Brooklyn  sa- 
loons, which  causes  eighty  per  cent,  of  our  crimes 
and  suffering.  I  wish  to  contrast  that  with  what 
might  be.  Suppose,  instead  of  spending  that 
$15,000,000  in  saloons,  the  people  of  Brooklyn  were 
to  use  it  in  matters  of  education.  How  much  more 
desirable  would  life  in  Brooklyn  then  be.  Look  at 
that  noble  institution  of  learning,  the  Brooklyn  In- 
stitute of  Arts  and  Sciences,*  with  its  many  depart- 
ments of  increasing  man's  intelligence  and  useful- 
ness. Suppose  the  first  year  it  were  to  receive  the 
$15,000,000,  instead  of  having  it  go  to  the  saloon  in- 
fluences for  destroying  man's  intelligence  and  useful- 
ness. It  would  give  the  Institute  the  finest  equip- 
ped building  for  its  purposes  in  the  world,  besides 
giving  it  an  endownment  fund  which  would  make  it 
entirely  independent.  The  second  year's  income  we 
might  give  to  the  public  schools.  Their  property 
valuation  at  present  is  $8,500,000,  so  that  the  ac- 
commodations could  be  doubled,  and  thus  prevent 
the  present  over-crowding,  and  still  have  over 
$6,000,000  to  invest  in  a  perpetual  fund  for  supply- 
ing the  schools  with  the  latest  appliances  for  experi- 
menting and  teaching.  The  school  appropriation 
last  year  was  $2,700,000,  and  this  amount  would  be 
cut  down,  thus  lowering  our  taxes.  The  cost  of 
cleaning  the  streets  for  one  year  is  $352,000;  for 


See  Frontispiece. 


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87 


removing  garbage  and  ashes,  $309,000  and  for 
lighting  the  streets  with  gas  and  electricity,  $530,000. 
So,  if  we  were  to  devote  the  saloon  income  for  the 
third  year  to  paving  the  streets,  cleaning  and  lighting 
them,  we  would  have  a  city  of  magnificent  avenues, 
brilliantly  lighted  at  night  from  beautiful  electric 
fixtures.  The  fourth  year  we  could  turn  the  saloon 
into  a  public  library,  of  which  the  world  would  be 
proud  ;  and  the  fifth  year  we  could  establish  public 
baths,  and  could  enlarge  and  beautify  our  parks 
and  driveways,  ornamenting  them  with  statues  and 
other  works  of  art.  That  is  what  we  could  do  in 
five  years  with  the  money  we  now  spend  to  build 
jails  and  fill  them  with  drunkards  and  criminals;  to 
build  insane  asylums  and  poor-houses  for  idiots  and 
paupers  produced  by  the  saloons  ;  to  crowd  our  city 
with  cheap,  dirty  tenements,  and  fill  our  streets  with 
the  refuse  of  an  ignorant  and  careless  community. 
And  yet  people  go  on  patronizing  the  saloon  and 
then  wonder  at  the  increase  of  crime. 

"  There  are  two  other  schemes  which  I  think  would 
be  a  decided  gain.  One  is  to  do  away  entirely  with 
the  Coney  Island  '  attractions,'  and  turn  the  place 
into  a  park,  with  music  and  such  features  as  elevate 
the  moral  and  intellectual  tone  of  mankind  ;  where 
people  could  go  and  enjoy  the  water  and  not  be 
obliged  to  be  mixed  in  with  so  much  adulteration. 
The  other  plan  is  to  build  an  electric  railroad  through 
the  centre  of  Long  Island,  running  the  entire  length 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


of  the  Island.  Along  this  line  could  be  laid  out 
beautiful  grounds  and  streets,  with  every  advantage 
for  residence  purposes.  No  stores  or  shops  would 
be  allowed,  except  at  certain  intervals,  where  dis- 
tributing points  were  established.  This  would  give 
more  desirable  locations  for  homes,  within  easy 
access  of  New  York  or  Brooklyn,  and  prevent  the 
overcrowding  of  the  city.  Gentlemen,  we  have  a 
glorious  opportunity  before  us — let  us  make  the 
most  of  it." 


ENCOURAGEMENT. 


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CHAPTER  VIII. 


ENCOURAGEMENT. 

The  winter  had  gone  and  the  spring  flowers  were 
beginning  to  blossom.  The  air  was  filled  with  their 
fragrance,  and  the  birds  sang  melodies  with  a  won- 
derful sweetness.  Somehow  this  springtime  seemed 
far  more  joyous  than  usual.  The  light  of  the  gospel 
had  illumined  many  hearts  and  thousands  were  re- 
joicing who  before  walked  in  darkness.  The  revival 
season  had  been  full  of  fruit  and  a  wave  of  religious 
enthusiasm  had  swept  over  the  city.  The  Christian 
people  had  awakened  to  a  sense  of  their  privileges 
and  responsibilities,  and  the  command,  "  Thou  shalt 
love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself,"  had  been  heard  by  a 
multitude  of  citizens  who  were  beginning  to  put  it 
into  practice.  One  of  the  most  encouraging  signs 
was  the  large  number  of  young  men  who  had  been 
converted  during  the  winter  and  had  joined  the 
churches,  taking  their  places  in  the  Christian  En. 
deavor  Societies  and  in  Gideon's  Band.  To  belong 
to  Gideon's  Band  was  considered  quite  an  honor, 
but  Harrington  insisted  on  making  the  requisites  for 
membership  rather  severe,  because  he  considered 
half-hearted  work  worse  than  no  work.    The  Band 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


had  increased  to  a  little  over  one  thousand  mem- 
bers, and  was  doing  excellent  work.  The  Christian 
E?ideavor  Express  had  met  with  greater  success  than 
had  been  anticipated,  although  it  was  not  yet  mak- 
ing money.  The  people  appreciated  a  clean  and 
fearless  paper  and  its  patronage  increased  rapidly, 
much  to  the  disgust  of  the  Buzzard.  The  church 
division  had  established  missions  throughout  the 
city  and  had  enlisted  a  host  of  good  workers  who 
produced  positive  results  in  the  Master's  work. 
The  law  enforcement  division  had  succeeded  in 
arousing  public  sentiment  until  the  saloons  were 
closed  on  Sundays  and  holidays.  The  work  in  all 
departments  had  been  prospered,  until  the  outlook 
was  very  encouraging  for  the  City  of  Endeavor.  A 
few  more  years  of  such  growth  and  Brooklyn  would 
be  a  model  city. 

One  evening  Carl  Berg  and  his  wife  were  sitting 
in  their  library,  talking  over  the  wonderful  changes 
that  had  occurred  during  the  last  six  or  seven 
months. 

"  Maria,"  said  Carl,  "  the  Lord  has  been  very  good 
to  us.  I  am  a  very  different  man  to  what  I  was  a 
year  ago.  It  was  by  His  mercy  that  I  was  led  to 
attend  that  sunrise  prayer  meeting.  That  was  the 
most  glorious  sunrise  I  ever  saw.  It  dispelled  the 
gloom  of  my  cloudy  mind  and  enabled  me  to  clearly 
see  the  glorious  beauty  of  divine  love.  Then  came 
the  renewal  of  your  faith  and  the  conversion  of  our 


ENCOURAGEMENT. 


9> 


two  boys.  What  a  joy  it  is  to  have  both  of  our 
sons  engaged  in  the  Christian  Endeavor  work.  Yes, 
Maria,  I  am  a  happy  man  and  feel  twenty  years 
younger."  And  he  slipped  his  arm  around  her 
waist  and  gave  her  a  kiss. 

u  I,  too,  am  just  as  happy,"  replied  his  wife ; 
"  happy  because  I  have  found  my  way  back  into  the 
fold,  and  because  my  husband  and  sons  have  come 
into  the  same  faith.  It  looked  very  dark  for  us  at 
one  time,  but  now  everything  is  bright  and  prom- 
ising. Horace  seems  to  be  devoted  to  his  work  in 
the  mission  and  the  Lord  is  surely  blessing  his 
efforts." 

"  His  appearance  and  general  health  has  improved 
greatly  and  I  feel  proud  to  call  him  my  son.  When 
I  started  that  mission  I  did  not  think  my  son  Ste- 
phen would  be  among  the  first  to  be  converted  there. 
But  his  ability  to  play  the  organ  has  been  a  great 
help  to  his  brother.  We  never  supposed  a  year  ago 
that  Stephen  would  be  now  studying  for  the  min- 
istry. There  has  been  a  grand  change  in  our  house- 
hold and  yet,  not  in  ours  alone,  but  in  many  another. 
It  was  a  big  thing  for  Brooklyn  when  the  convention 
came  here." 

"  Carl,"  said  his  wife,  drawing  closer  to  him, 
"there  is  one  burden  on  my  mind.  You  know  be- 
fore Horace  took  to  drinking  so  hard  he  kept  com- 
pany with  Ethel  Hobart.  He  loved  that  girl  and 
his  love  was  to  some  degree  reciprocated,  but  when 


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THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


he  began  drinking,  like  a  sensible  girl  she  refused  to 
have  anything  to  do  with  him.  Now  that  he  has  re- 
formed I  can  see  his  old  love  coming  back,  and  now 
the  sense  of  shame  for  his  past  life  is  so  great  that 
he  cannot  bring  himself  to  ask  her  to  accept  such  a 
miserable  being  as  he  feels  himself  to  be." 

"  Well,  Maria,  there's  time  yet  and  love  is  some- 
thing that  outsiders  can't  meddle  with  to  any  great 
extent,  without  doing  more  harm  than  good.  Just 
let  the  Lord  bring  it  about  in  His  own  good  time." 

"  She  would  make  an  excellent  wife.  She  is  an 
earnest  Christian  worker,  sensible  and  healthy.  She 
would  be  a  great  help  to  Horace  in  his  mission 
work." 

Just  then  Stephen  came  in  and  his  father  said: 
"Well,  my  boy,  what  sort  of  a  meeting  did  you 
have  ?  " 

"Had  a  fine  meeting,"  was  the  reply;  "don't 
think  I  ever  heard  Horace  speak  so  earnestly  in  my 
life.  He  seemed  inspired  and  threw  his  whole  soul 
into  his  speech,  and  when  he  came  to  tell  the  story 
of  his  life  I  didn't  see  a  dry  eye  in  the  audience. 
One  of  his  old  chums  was  there — Tim  Murphy,  I 
think  he  called  him — and  when  he  came  in  he  had  a 
sort  of  sneer  on  his  face,  but  you  ought  to  have  seen 
his  expression  change  as  Horace  warmed  up  in  his 
speech.  W7hen  he  got  through  and  invited  the  boys 
to  come  up  and  sign  the  pledge,  Tim  came  up  with 
the  tears  running  down  his  cheeks  and  took  Horace's 


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93 


hand  and  said:  'Old  boy,  I've  done  you  some 
mighty  mean  tricks  in  my  time,  but  I'm  sorry  now 
and  am  goin'  to  sign  the  pledge  and  quit  the  old 
gang,  the  same  as  you've  done.  I  hope  you'll  for- 
give me  for  bringin'  that  whiskey  into  your  house 
that  time  you  was  laid  up  with  a  game  leg.  You've 
done  me  a  mighty  good  turn  to-night.'  And  so  Tim 
signed  the  pledge  with  fifteen  others." 

"  Well,  where  is  Horace — did  he  stay  down  at  the 
mission  ?  " 

"  O  no;  he's  gone  up  the  street  with  some  of  the 
visitors.  There  were  two  young  ladies  and  their 
escorts  from  some  Congregational  Church  up-town 
who  had  heard  of  the  mission  and  came  down  to  see 
it.  One  of  the  young  ladies  was  that  Hobart  girl 
that  Horace  used  to  go  with,  and  as  she  seemed  in- 
terested in  the  work  he  began  to  tell  her  about  the 
mission,  and  when  we  came  away  he  said  he  would 
walk  up  to  the  City  Hall  with  them  where  they  take 
the  cars." 

Did  you  say  Miss  Hobart  had  an  escort?  "  asked 
his  mother. 

"Yes,  and  a  mighty  nice  looking  fellow  he  was 
too.  I  shouldn't  be  surprised  if  they  were  engaged. 
She  introduced  him  as  Mr.  Johnson — or  Johnston,  I 
don't  know  which.  I  didn't  go  all  the  way  with 
them  as  I  was  tired,  and  that  reminds  me — I  think  I 
will  go  to  bed.    Good  night." 


94 


THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


CHAPTER  IX. 


CONCLUSION. 

Four  years  have  passed  and  Brooklyn  is  still  the 
City  of  Endeavor,  although  far  more  advanced  than 
it  was  at  the  time  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  Con- 
vention. Then,  it  was  a  city  of  saloons ;  now,  it  is 
a  real  city  of  churches — or  perhaps  it  would  be  bet- 
ter to  say,  a  city  of  more  real  churches.  The  liquor 
element  has  been  put  out  entirely,  and  there  is  not 
a  saloon  in  the  county.  One  or  two  brewing  estab- 
lishments still  remain,  but  they  are  preparing  to 
transfer  their  plants  to  other  and  more  congenial 
locations.  The  enforcing  of  the  Sunday  law  com- 
pelled many  saloons  to  close  up  entirely,  as  without 
the  Sunday  trade  they  could  not  make  the  business 
pay.  The  other  saloons  gradually  closed  out,  be- 
cause the  business  fell  off  so  greatly,  on  account  of 
the  large  increase  in  teetotalers.  Total  abstinence 
became  the  principle  of  every  intelligent  and  self 
respecting  individual  who  cared  aught  for  the  im- 
provement of  the  community.  So  great  was  the 
falling  off  in  wine-bibblers  in  four  years  that  the 
saloon  keepers  found  they  could  make  more  money 
elsewhere,  and  decamped,  leaving  Brooklyn  "  to  its 


CONCLUSION. 


95 


fate,"  as  they  remarked.  But  with  the  passing  of 
the  saloon,  Brooklyn  has  made  a  better  and  cleaner 
appearance,  and  has  become  by  far  a  safer  place  to 
reside ;  and  these,  with  other  like  advantages,  at- 
tract a  multitude  of  very  desirable  inhabitants,  and 
has  increased  its  population  to  1,500,000.  An 
honest  administration  has  given  the  city  good 
government  and  better  conditions  for  living.  The 
rookeries  have  been  demolished  and  replaced  with 
model  tenement  houses,  and  every  street  gives  evi- 
dence of  new  and  better  life.  Real  estate  has  in- 
creased in  value  fifty  per  cent.  The  religious  daily 
has  become  the  leading  paper,  with  an  enormous 
circulation,  which  is  not  by  any  means  confined  to 
the  City  of  Brooklyn,  for  outsiders  look  upon  it  with 
a  feeling  of  curiosity  and  admiration.  The  savings 
banks  are  doing  a  larger  business,  and  everybody 
has  a  prosperous  appearance  and  looks  happy.  The 
electric  car  service  has  been  improved  and  extended, 
and  the  annexation  of  Queen's  County  is  now  the 
topic  of  discussion.  Educational  matters  are  receiv- 
ing more  attention,  and  Brooklyn  will  soon  become 
noted  for  its  wisdom  and  learning.  Beautiful 
churches  adorn  the  city,  and  the  congregations  work 
and  worship  harmoniously.  More  than  double  the 
amount  of  money  is  raised  annually  for  church  work. 
Laws  are  being  enforced,  and  the  city  is  practically 
free  from  the  criminal  class.  Gideon's  Band  is  still 
in  existence,  seeking  new  fields  to  conquer^and  they 


96 


THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 


still  win  under  the  old  motto:  "Let  us  go  up  at 
once  and  possess  it,  for  we  are  well  able  to  overcome 
it." 

So  many  members  of  the  various  athletic  clubs 
have  been  converted  that  the  teetotalers  have  had  a 
majority  in  the  membership,  and  have  voted  to  dis- 
pense with  liquors  and  cards  in  the  clubs.  In  the 
theatres,  the  Vaudeville  shows  have  played  to  such 
poor  houses  that  the  companies  now  have  taken 
Brooklyn  off  their  tours,  and  the  theatres  are  used 
mainly  for  recitals,  concerts,  lectures,  and  grand  mass 
meetings  of  the  Endeavorers. 

Stephen  Berg  has  finished  his  studies  in  the  semi- 
nary and  is  now  ordained  to  preach  the  Gospel. 
****** 

One  bright  moonlight  evening  in  the  early  fall,  a 
young  man  walked  home  with  a  young  lady  from  a 
Rescue  Mission  and  lingered  at  the  door. 

"You  cannot  guess  how  much  inspiration  your 
presence  at  the  Mission  gives  me,"  said  he. 

"  It  is  very  kind  of  you  to  say  so,"  she  replied, 
"but  just  look  at  the  stars,  how  beautiful  they  are 
to-night — and  the  moon — isn't  it  glorious?" 

"Yes,  if  you  say  so  ;  but  I'm  talking  about  some- 
thing more  beautiful  than  they.  I'm  speaking  of  an 
angel." 

"Pshaw!  Don't  be  silly.  You  know  I'm  no 
angel." 


CONCLUSION. 


97 


"  True.  You  are  more  than  an  angel.  I  do  not 
know  what  I  should  do  were  you  to  leave  the  Mis- 
sion, and  yet — and  yet  I  have  no  claim  upon  you  if 
you  wish  to  go." 

"  Why,  what  makes  you  suggest  such  a  thing.  I 
have  no  intention  of  going — not  at  present,  any- 
way." 

"  Ethel,  I  cannot  remain  silent  any  longer.  I 
must  speak.  I  love  you  —  love  you  with  all  the  de- 
votion that  a  wasted  life  can  produce."  He  started 
to  put  his  arm  around  her,  then  stopped.  "  No,"  he 
continued,  "  I  love  you  too  well  to  ask  you  to  take 
the  name  of  a  man  who  has  been  a  drunkard — a 
common  drunkard,  reeling  in  the  gutter.  Yet  life 
without  you  is  so  desolate  !  Ethel,  do  not  leave  me, 
but  stay  at  the  Mission,  where  I  can  at  least  see  you 
and  feel  the  influences  of  your  sweet  life." 

"  Horace,  listen  to  me.  You  must  not  talk  about 
your  past  life.  You  have  made  mistakes,  but  who 
hasn't  ?  You  are  a  very  different  man  now  to  what 
you  were  then,  and  the  experiences  which  you  went 
through  fitted  you  for  doing  a  noble  work  for  the 
Master.  Perhaps  we  would  not  have  chosen  that 
path,  but  that  is  past,  and  it  is  the  future  which  is 
before  us.  I  have  been  watching  you  ever  since  I 
first  attended  your  Mission,  four  years  ago,  and  a 
man  who  has  the  strong,  unselfish  character  which 
you  have,  is  the  man  whose  name  I  should  be  will- 
ing to  take." 


98  THE  CITY  OF  ENDEAVOR. 

"Ethel!  Can  you  love  me — will  you  be  mine? 
O,  do  say  yes  !  " 

"Yes,  Horace,  I  can  and  will." 

"  My  love,"  said  Horace,  clasping  her  in  his  em- 
brace, "  the  Lord  has  been  very  good  to  me  when 
I've  been  such  an — " 

"  Sh — you  forget  ;  you  are  not  to  speak  of  the 
past." 

"  Very  well,  sweetheart ;  but  say,  when  shall  the 
wedding  be  ?  " 

"  Next  month,  if  you  wish." 

"  And  the  minister — " 

"  Shall  be  your  brother  Stephen." 


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